What was life like in America before Christopher Columbus discovered the New World? Scholars investigate life in the Americas through the eyes of Native Americans in the first lesson of a 22-part series covering America's history. Using artifacts, photographs, primary sources, diagrams, and video clips, they uncover the descriptive and often complex societies that existed prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Concepts

native american history, native american culture, native american tribes

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Plans call for an overhead projector, adjust materials as needed for today's technology
• Print out video questions and hand them to the class for reflection while watching the clips 

Classroom Considerations

• Expects lesson to take five hours
  

Pros

• Resource provides specific materials in the appendix for each activity 
• Includes questions to discuss after viewing various video clips

Cons

• Plans are outdated with technology to include the creation of transparencies 

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3