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Curated OER

National Park Service: Lewis and Clark Expedition: American Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the various Native American tribes encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Website
Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Pacific Northwest Indians

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site provides information and lesson plans regarding the Pacific Coastal Northwest Indians. Use this site to find information about daily life, food, and more.
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Website
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Coastal Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Lewis and Clark in their journal made observations about the Coastal Indians including descriptions of the basketry hats made and worn by the Chinookan-speaking people who lived in the region. They also made notes on the habits and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Communities Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection features videos that describe . ECHO members include people from Alaska Native Heritage Center and North Slope Borough ECHO Project in Alaska; Bishop Museum in Hawai'i; New Bedford ECHO Project and Peabody Essex Museum in...
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Handout
Other

Virginia Places: Woodland Indians in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information on both Paleoindians and Woodland Indians in what is now Virginia. Discussion on Mississippian, Eastern Mound Builder, and Coastal Plain Cultures.
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Article
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Surrounded by Beauty: Arts of Native America

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the art, culture, and history of Native Americans through this Minneapolis Institute of Arts site. You'll find pieces of art from the Northeast Woodlands, Mississippi Valley, Plains, Southwest, and the Northwest coast, as well as...
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: West Indian Manatee

For Students 4th - 8th
West Indian manatees are big, slow-moving, gentle vegetarians. They live in warm, shallow water in coastal rivers, estuaries, and lagoons. Learn more about the Trichechus manatus, more commonly known as a West Indian Manatee, in this...
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Blank Space: Mapping the Unknown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How did early maps show the mapmakers' perception of the known world? Early mapmakers used maps drawn from coastal explorations, land travels, and even information heard word of mouth from American Indians or from colonists or traders....
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Website
BBC

Bbc News: Early Humans Followed the Coast

For Students 9th - 10th
The theory of coastal migration of early Americans down the coast of California has been gaining much consideration. Read about some of the evidence supporting this theory.
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Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Paleoindians and the Great Pleistocene Die Off

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses Paleoindian migration and animal extinction at the end of the Pleistocene era and explores what we can learn about conservation given what we know about Pleistocene climate and extinction.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: British Canada, 1791

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern Canada in 1791 after the American Revolution, during the formation of British North America and the division of Quebec into the largely French-speaking Lower Canada and the Loyalist Upper Canada. The map is color-coded...