Curated OER
North Dakota Reading Comprehension
In this North Dakota reading comprehension activity, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and then respond to 10 true or false questions.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Volume 1 - A History of the United States: Precolonial to the 1800s
Volume One of the 299-page Core Knowledge History of the United States covers events from the Precolonial Period to the 1800s.
Curated OER
Saint Patrick's Day - Cloze Activity
Learn about St. Patrick's Day traditions while filling in the blanks with prepositions, articles, and conjunctions in a one-page cloze activity. Grammarians can get a score and see correct answers in this online interactive exercise. For...
Curated OER
Missouri
For this Missouri worksheet, students read a detailed 2 page history of the state. Students answer ten true and false questions about the passage.
Curated OER
Indiana
In this Indiana worksheet, students read a two page text about the history of the state of Indiana. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: American Isolates
The students will learn about the culture and the people of American Isolates that live in the rural south of the United States.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Native American Cultures
The America that greeted the first Europeans was, thus, far from an empty wilderness. It is now thought that as many people lived in the Western Hemisphere as in Western Europe at that time -- about 40 million. Estimates of the number of...
Other
Native Peoples of North America: Agricultural Societies in Pre European Times
A good introduction to the three major Native American cultures in the Southwest prior to European contact. Find information about the Mogollon, Anasazi, and Hohokam cultures. Read how they influenced each other, and what was unique...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Amish
The students will learn about the origins and culture of the Amish people.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Appalachians
The students will learn about the origins and culture of the Appalachian people.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: Native American Cultures 1491 1607 [Ppt]
Presents key ideas for examining the cultures of Native American tribes that lived in North America in early colonial times. Discusses the major groups, the way of life of each group, and where they lived.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Early America: Native American Cultures
At the time of the Europeans' arrival in North America, the land was well populated with Native Americans. Their numbers rapidly dwindled, mainly due to disease. Although there were many diverse tribes, some generalizations can be drawn...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: North Carolina
Help discover more about "the story of the lost colony of Roanoke Island." Why did the Wright Brothers fly at Kitty Hawk? Learn more about North Carolina from the Library of Congress website.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Viking Settlement and the Mandans
Essay investigating the migration and settlement of Eurasion tribal groups across the Atlantic ocean to North America.
Curated OER
Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Map of Early Indian Tribes in the Western u.s.
Map showing the Native American culture areas and the tribes within those cultures in western North America. From the Perry Castaneda collection.
Other
The Woodland/ Algonquian Tribes Before 1500 (Map)
A Map of the geographic regions of the various Native American tribes in northeastern North America.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Higher Education: Old World, New Worlds
This article from McGraw-Hill Higher Education discusses European exploration in the late 1400s and 1500s and its impact on English colonization hundreds of years later.