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Virginia Places: Woodland Indians in Virginia
Extensive information on both Paleoindians and Woodland Indians in what is now Virginia. Discussion on Mississippian, Eastern Mound Builder, and Coastal Plain Cultures.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Virtual Field Trip: Indian Mounds
The Indian Mounds experience includes virtual field trips to Ocmulgee National Monument, Kolomoki Mounds State Park, and Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site. Additional materials include a lesson plan and user guide.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Effigy Mound Culture
Site introduces the concept of mound building and explains the concept in easy-to-understand terms. Discover why the mounds were build and what they possibly meant to the ancient people.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Turning Points in Wisconsin: Who Built the Effigy Mounds?
A great lesson plan that delves into the creation of the effigy mounds in Wisconsin. Included are links for background information, documents, and student activities.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Effigy Mounds National Monument on Line Teacher's Guide
An extensive guide to lesson plans created by teachers about the mound building Indians.
Other
Cabrillo College: Cahokia
A concise, bulleted description of Cahokia, the major trade and population center of the Mississippian Mound Builders on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Other
About North Georgia: The Pre Historic Moundbuilders
Nice site gives details about the mound builders that florished until the arrival of the Europeans.
Other
Ohio History Connection: Miamisburg Mound
This site provides information about the mound built in Miamisburg, Ohio by natives of the Adena culture.
Other
Ohio History Connection: Serpent Mound
On this site find a brief history of the Serpent Mound in Ohio and a photograph of the area where the mound is located.
Other
Mc Clung Museum: Prehistoric American Indians in Tennessee
A comprehensive look at the prehistoric Indians who lived in Tennesse, beginning with the PaleoIndian period through the Mississippian period of mound builders. Find pictures of artifacts, drawings, and a good discussion of each period.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mound Builders
Mount Builders, the name applied to a prehistoric race of North America, of which remarkable remains have been found in various portions of the continent, especially in th Mississippi valley, the state of Washington, and in Yucatan.
The Washington Post
Ancient Cahokia: Metropolitan Life on the Mississippi
This article from the Washington Post gives a great description of Cahokia, one of the largest cities in the world before Columbus' contact with the New World. Read about how the great mounds were made, the trade networks established,...
Other
University of Wisconsin: Cahokia Mounds Research Facility
This resource offers excellent photographs of excavations in progress although there is not much detail of Mississippian culture.
United Nations
Unesco: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
This World Heritage site includes a photograph of Cahokia as it appears today, a brief description of the excavation of the site, and a short video.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ohio's Early Inhabitants
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses Ohio's earliest inhabitants including Mound Builders and Glacial Kame People.
Other
North Georgia History: Georgia's Moundbuilders
Overview of Archaic, Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures. Site offers links and pictures of Etowah Indian Mounds, Kolomoki Mounds, and Earth Lodge at Ocmulgee.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Indians in Louisiana: The Poverty Point Site
Archaic Period Indians built impressive mound structures. Find out out the huge earthworks built at Poverty Point in Louisiana.
Other
Ohio Historical Society: Mississippian Cultures
The Mississippian groups built huge mounds, farmed, and had a distinctive culture. Thumbnails of images lead to more information about their ornaments, effigy pipes, pottery, and their art and ceremony.
Other
Native Peoples of America: Adena
An informative look at the Adena culture and their burial mounds, food resources, and artifacts found in the burial mounds.Find links to additional information on the web about this early Native American culture.
Curated OER
Etowah Mounds Historic Site
Site explains the history of the Etowah Mounds and gives a good account of the culture of the Mound Builder. Provides a chart outlining the groups and times of the mound builders.
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Etowah Mounds Historic Site
Site explains the history of the Etowah Mounds and gives a good account of the culture of the Mound Builder. Provides a chart outlining the groups and times of the mound builders.
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Etowah Mounds Historic Site
Site explains the history of the Etowah Mounds and gives a good account of the culture of the Mound Builder. Provides a chart outlining the groups and times of the mound builders.
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Etowah Mounds Historic Site
Site explains the history of the Etowah Mounds and gives a good account of the culture of the Mound Builder. Provides a chart outlining the groups and times of the mound builders.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Archeology Program: Late Prehistoric Period
National Park Service gives a brief description of the late Prehistoric period in Ohio, and focuses on the Fort Ancient Culture that was responsible for building the Serpent Mound.