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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Colonial Period

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief discussion of the colonial period in the United States. Includes information on New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies. Also, find out about the early government, and the French and Indian War.
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Curated OER

Etc: The Northwest Indian Wars, 1790 1811

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the area around the Wabash River showing the sites of the American Indian Wars between 1790 and 1811, including the Northwest Indian War (1785-1794) and Tecumseh's War (1810-1811). The map shows the forts and rivers of the area,...
Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Carving a Memorial to Chief Crazy Horse

For Students 3rd - 5th
This Harcourt Publishing site is all about the memorial carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota in honor of Chief Crazy Horse.
Website
Other

Usa Swimming: History: Swimming From the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th
This document provides a history of swimming. Content discussed includes the origins of the crawl, dog stroke, backstroke, and breaststroke, how the American Indians influenced the art of swimming, the first swimming competitions, the...
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Curated OER

Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Map of Early Indian Tribes in the Western u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
Map showing the Native American culture areas and the tribes within those cultures in western North America. From the Perry Castaneda collection.
eBook
Quia

Quia: Federal Indian Policy Oder Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this quiz on the women and reform movements of the 19th century.
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Other

Trail of Tears Assoc: The Story Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the early history of Native American and European contact in America. As more settlers moved west, a law was passed to relocate the Cherokee from Arkansas. The routes they followed and the cruelties they suffered came to be known...
Website
Other

Simon Frasier University: A Journey to a New Land

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site examines questions about early human migration to North America offers grade-level appropriate information for primary, elementary, middle, secondary and post-secondary levels. Teacher resources, simulations, video,...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Peace Medals

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the history of awarding peace medals to Indian chiefs. Lewis and Clark carried at least eighty-nine peace medals in five different sizes to be given out on their expedition in the early 1800s.
Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Blackbird Hill, Nebraska

For Students 9th - 10th
Read William Clark's journal entry concerning the event that took place early on the morning of August 11, 1804, when Lewis and Clark visited the grave of Blackbird, one of the great leaders of the Omaha Nation.
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Other

The Woodland/ Algonquian Tribes Before 1500 (Map)

For Students 9th - 10th
A Map of the geographic regions of the various Native American tribes in northeastern North America.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Extra, Extra!! Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Newscast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the students performing historical...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Location of the Eastern Indian Tribes, 1600s

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of eastern North America showing the general areas of early contact between the Native Americans and European settlers. The map is divided by groups (Algonquians, Iroquoians, Siouans, and Muskhogeans) and the principal...
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Curated OER

Etc: Native American Delimitations, 1763 1770

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the American colonies and territories west to the Mississippi River between the end of the French and Indian War of 1763 and the beginnings of westward expansion of the trans-Appalachian colony proposed in the Vandalia Project...
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Other

Pre Contact Culture Areas (Map)

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent map shows where different tribes were before first contact, links to related information.
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Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: Pedro De Villasur Sent to Nebraska

For Students 9th - 10th
Concern over the French trading with the Native Indians, the Spanish commissioned Lieutenant-General Villasur to stop them in 1720.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: History of Nicaragua

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into the rich history of this Central American country. Learn much about Nicaragua's early explorations, the Somozas, and America's involvement in the country.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Oklahoma State History for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn about the history and timeline of the state of Oklahoma including early explorers, Native Americans, Indian Territory, Trail of Tears, Land Rush, and pioneers on this site.
Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich Fordham University site of primary source material that include full-text, and multimedia sites. There are additional study and research guides such as Modern History in the Movies.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: North Carolina

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Curated OER

Hesquiaht Woman From the Central Nootka Tribe, British Columbia, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Curated OER

Photograph of an Aboriginal Man Standing in a Graveyard, Fort Qu

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Curated OER

Man, Kneeling, in Traditional Clothing Portraying a 17th Century Aboriginal Man

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).
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Curated OER

Photograph of a Man Paddling a Kayak Off the Coast of Greenland, 1889

For Students 9th - 10th
View aspects of the history of the aboriginal peoples of Canada through photographs. Culture, ways of life, and struggles can be examined in this database of primary source images (most from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century).