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History 4th/5th: Indicator #1

History: Fourth and Fifth

Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland, the United States, and the world.

In the context of Maryland up to contemporary times and United States history through1790, students are able to do everything required at earlier grades and are able to:

Indicator # 1
Analyze social, economic, and political characteristics of societies native to North America.

Students get the opportunity to learn about Native Americans of the Plains and create Native American symbols (commercial site, no cost) http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/display.cfm?id=30

An excellent content site for teachers and advanced students, the site gives a tremendous amount of information about the Native Americans prior to 1492 in both North and South America http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/overview.html

A lesson plan about the Tipi, the Native Americans of the Plains shelter, in Adobe Acrobat Reader format, includes directions for making a life size Tipi http://www.education.com/common/resources/lp/soc/9711104o.html

November is Native American Heritage Month. This site has a wealth of activities that could be done throughout the year that focus on Native American Heritage http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson209.shtml

A series of three lesson plans on blueberries, an important source of food to Native Americans http://www.infrastructure.net/blueberry/index.htm

A unit plan that focuses on the meeting of the European and Native American cultures between 1492 and 1673 http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec3/gr3/unit2/UNIT2-G3-HEAD.html

From Cobblestone Publishing, classroom activities on the languages of the Native Americans http://cobblestonepub.com/pages/teideasLanguages.htm

A lesson plan on the Native American Green Corn Festival, a sacred and religious festival http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/Byrnes/corn.html

A board game created to help students understand life of the Native American in California http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Board/I/indianlife.html

Native American Art lesson plans http://www.dhc.net/~artgeek/nativeindex.html

Interdisciplinary lesson on Native American dances and games http://www.ocde.k12.ca.us/instruction/physicaled/NewsW98/interd.html

Lesson plans and pictures for making Native American toys and games http://www.nativetech.org/games/index.php

A series of ten lesson plans that focus on how different regions of the country affect the lives of the Native Americans’ lives http://www.students.dsu.edu/johnsona/calender.htm

A thematic unit on Native Americans http://www.coe.wayne.edu/~mpettap/lesson/native.htm

A page with links to Native Americans in Maryland, the Piscataways and Lumbees http://www.sos.state.md.us/sos/kids/html/natamer.html

A comprehensive set of lessons on the first peoples of North Carolina http://www.rla.unc.edu/lessons/Menu/part3.htm

The Accohannock Native Americans from the eastern shore of Maryland, a content site with history and pictures, annual powwow in October http://skipjack.net/le_shore/accohannock/

The Indigenous Peoples Literature Index is a huge content site with information, music, and indigenous literature. The site is appropriate for teachers and advanced students http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/natlit.htm

A series of 19 lesson plans on Native Americans http://www.lennox.k12.ca.us/LPD.html

A webquest entitled, “In the Time of the Old Ones” http://itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/oldones.html

From ERIC, a Native American Interdisciplinary Unit http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0046.html

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