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Free Native Americans dbqs
Westward Expansion- Great Plains Adventure and Death Passage (PDF and Digital)
"There they were - dead and scalped - horses gone, and wagons on fire. The Indians had taken all the freight they could use, piled wood under the wagons, and set it on fire.”This engaging NO PREP reading passage will leave your students with an unforgettable understanding of the hardships faced by settlers during westward expansion. The activity is available in PDF and Google Docs formats! The information sheet briefly introduces the harsh environment of the Great Plains and gives students prim
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Westward Expansion Unit BUNDLE
Native American Rights Reading Comprehension Worksheet and DBQ
This passage describes Native American rights. 17 questions (identify, short answer- some DBQ) assess students' understanding. I've included color and BW versions. Key included. The ZIP file has a PDF student version for posting on personal sites, such as Google classroom or Canvas, or sending to students through email for distance learning. Please do not post of public sites. (These are NOT editable files.)Tutorial How to Make PDFs Editable for Google ClassroomINCLUDES:-Article about Native
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5th - 8th
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The Battle of Little Bighorn Primary Source Reading Passage (PDF and Digital)
“He was dressed in buckskin, and was on his hands and knees. He had been shot through the side, and there was blood coming from his mouth. He seemed to be watching the Indians moving around him. Four soldiers were sitting up around him, but they were all badly wounded. All the other soldiers were down. Then the Indians closed in around him and I did not see any more.” This gripping NO PREP reading passage and response question worksheet will bring the action of the Battle of Little Bighorn
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Westward Expansion Unit BUNDLE
Maya, Aztec, Inca (super fun activity)
This lesson was one of my most interactive and fun lessons of the year. I really recommend you taking a look even if you don’t teach about the Mayans. The students travel back in time and land in a mysterious place and have to figure out where we landed. Also check out my Youtube channel for content like this https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCchGiQ7gJoBlVbMkcArhL-w
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3rd - 11th
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Jamestown DBQ Culminating Project (Diorama, Tinkercad, Google Draw, Poster)
This project helps students visualize what life was like for the residents of and around Jamestown, Virginia in the early 1600's. Use this to go along with the Jamestown DBQ, and/or with the book Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone. It is a completely editable Google Document.
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5th - 12th
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Native Americans after the War of 1812 Differentiated Primary Source Activity
Three differentiated activities using the same primary source. This activity centers around the impacts on Native Americans after the War of 1812, specifically looking at how Native Americans felt about their treatment.
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7th - 10th
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Indian Boarding Schools
This is a 1-2 day activity covering the Indian Boarding School system using primary sources and with a small focus on the analysis of primary documents using HAPP. This includes a student notebook/handout. All resources are included and cited as necessary.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Manifest Destiny and the Doctrine of Discovery Document Based Questions (DBQ)
This DBQ guides students through major landmarks of the Doctrine of Discovery, the theory that Europeans used to lay claims to any non-Christian occupied lands they encountered. This document follows the doctrine to the modern-day and its' ramifications, as well as its' role in Manifest Destiny. Teachers can review the term before assigning this, and have students discuss after completion.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Trail of Tears
This photo analysis can be an engaging way to kick off a social studies unit or lesson on the Trail of Tears.
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5th - 7th
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FREE ENL Global - Incas (English and Spanish)
Attached is a literacy based ENL lesson focused on the Incas. This lesson, like all of my lessons, are 100% translated in English and Spanish. I regularly include leveled texts to assist students with language development, images to assist with understanding, and translations to assist our newest students.Are you looking for more Global ENL materials?https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Global-1-ENL-Full-Curriculum-Ancient-History-1750-ENGLISH-AND-SPANISH-6020426My Global 9 ENL VIRTUAL cu
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: ENL Global Lesson Bundle (Ancient History to 1750) - English and Spanish
Iroquois Confederacy and US Constitution Primary Source Documents
Two primary source documents discussing the impact of the Iroquois Confederacy on the US Constitution. Document A: Excerpt from Onondaga Leader Canasatego explaining the success of the Iroquois Confederacy.Document B: Benjamin Franklin's Letter to James Parker insulting the Iroquois people while praising their government. Each document has two analysis questions and a word bank to make the text accessible to students. Easy to adapt the difficulty for different scholars. Could be used as a standa
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7th - 12th
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FREE ENL Global - Mayans (English and Spanish)
Attached is a literacy based ENL lesson focused on the Mayans. This lesson, like all of my lessons, are 100% translated in English and Spanish. I regularly include leveled texts to assist students with language development, images to assist with understanding, and translations to assist our newest students.Are you looking for more Global ENL materials?https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Global-1-ENL-Full-Curriculum-Ancient-History-1750-ENGLISH-AND-SPANISH-6020426My Global 9 ENL VIRTUAL c
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: ENL Global Lesson Bundle (Ancient History to 1750) - English and Spanish
Conquistadors Primary Sources
This is an assignment that gives students a quick introduction and insight to what some of the early European explorers motivations and thoughts were in regards to this continent and the people who were already here. This is a starting point assignment, as you could expand on any of the individuals listed here. I'd appreciate a review! :)
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6th - 12th
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Native American Reoccupation of Alcatraz
Native Americans are typically understudied in a normal United States history class, and when they are included it’s often only for the Trail of Tears. There is obviously more to say about Native Americans than this, but it can be challenging to find a way to incorporate more Native American materials into an existing curriculum. One way to do so is to study the 1969 reoccupation of Alcatraz. This can either be used as a case study of civic action, or connected to the larger Civil Rights Movemen
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8th - 12th
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Tenochtitlan Primary Source
Excerpts from the 2nd letter of Hernan Cortes to Holy Roman Emperor (and Spanish King) Charles V. These excerpts focus on Cortes' detailed description of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.There are a series of questions that students can answer relating to the reading, or can be used as a guide for class discussion.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Is there a single indigenous women’s narrative?
In this inquiry, students will examine the stories and lives of different women whose lives were well documented and recorded in history. Students will consider whether there are any common themes, or if native tribes, divided by time, space, and culture are too different to have a single native women’s experience.Find learning materials related to this inquiry at: https://www.remedialherstory.com/1-early-north-american-women.html#/
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9th - 12th
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Spanish Conquistadors - Primary Sources
Ideal for AP US History.Help your students practice reading, summarizing, and analyzing primary sources in preparation for the DBQ.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Nativos Americanos (Jamestown breakout)
I use this as a "hook" lesson for my unit on the colonies. This intro video goes along with the lesson: https://youtu.be/aPG7zOmbZ7g
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5th - 10th
4.5 - Document lesson: Thanksgiving and socialism?
This file includes a full document-based lesson:6 secondary sources grouped around a guiding questionA handout on historical literacy (sourcing, contextualizing, reading and inferring, and corroborating)A mini-activity introducing the political spectrum in the United StatesA graphic organizer for focusing attention on key information, organizing ideas, and drawing attention to similarities and differences between the sourcesSupport for students working virtually and/or independently:Model answer
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Unit 4 - The French and the English
"Las Castas" Racial Castes and Racism in New Spain
These are a few curated resources, an image showing how the system of racial hierarchy was envisioned in New Spain, a reading describing the system, and a digital chart helping to explain some of the castes that can be annotated by students.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Venus Planetary Body Workshop
Enrichment bundle highlights astrodynamics, 2-body problem & includes 5 activities, 3 texts, 1 math problem - short response & 1 exit ticket.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-4
, HS-PS1-6
Jefferson y Monticello
In this inquiry based lesson students take a walk through Monticello and try to decide whether life in the early Republic was "good" or "bad".
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7th - 10th
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