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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia provides extensive information about the life of General George Custer, and gives details of his military career and his defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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Website
Other

Combined Arms Research Library: Atlas of the Sioux Wars:

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the Sioux Wars from 1862-1877. Included are maps for many topics discussed.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Whose Land Is This? Webisode 8

For Students 9th - 10th
From Joy Hakim's marvelous set of books, A History of US, this webisode offers narrative, pictures, and teaching guides for the settling of the West after the Civil War.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Carving a Memorial to Chief Crazy Horse

For Students 3rd - 5th
This Harcourt Publishing site is all about the memorial carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota in honor of Chief Crazy Horse.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs the West: George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of General George Armstrong Custer who was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn against the Lakota Indians.
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Handout
PBS

The West: Sitting Bull Tatanka Iyotanka

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of Lakota Indian Chief Sitting Bull who led his tribe in the Battle of the Little Bighorn against General George Custer.
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Website
PBS

Pbs the West: Fight No More Forever (1874 1877)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS critically acclaimed series, "The West" comes this introduction to the Indian Wars that were waged in the course of settling the frontier.
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Handout
Kansas Historical Society

Beyond Lewis & Clark: The Army Explores the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This website looks at military explorers from Lewis and Clark (1804) to George Custer (1874).
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Handout
American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical profile of George Armstrong Custer. Makes note of the engagements he fought during the Civil War and his postwar service in the American West.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Archeology at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Midwest Archaeological Center provides general information on the Battle of the Little Bighorn, with additional information derived from modern excavations at the battle site.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: The Indian Memorial Peace Through Unity

For Students 9th - 10th
Memorial for the Battle of Little Bighorn, a clash of Native and white cultures, which changed both forever.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs the West: The Battle of the Little Bighorn

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PBS is an excerpt from an 1893 book "Picture Writing of the American Indians" by Garrick Mallery which offers an eyewitness account of the Battle of Little Bighorn by the Lakota Chief Red Horse.
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Handout
PBS

The West: Black Kettle

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a profile of the Southern Cheyenne Indian chief, Black Kettle, who escaped death at the Sand Creek Massacre only to later be murdered by the forces led by General George Custer at Washita River.
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Handout
Other

Powerful People: Sitting Bull: Hunkpapa Sioux (1831 1890)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains limited biographical information about Sitting Bull, as well as quotes from Chief Sitting Bull.
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Article
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides detailed information on the Battle of the Little Bighorn, including a first-hand account from George Herendon, a scout for the Seventh Cavalry.
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Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Little Bighorn Battlefield: George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
Short description of Custer just before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, as well as a brief listing of information about his military career.
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Handout
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about George Armstrong Custer.
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Graphic
Curated OER

George Armstrong Custer

For Students 9th - 10th
A great picture of Custer and and a brief account of his famous "luck."
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Graphic
Curated OER

George Armstrong Custer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of George Armstrong Custer.
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Graphic
Curated OER

George Armstrong Custer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of George Armstrong Custer.
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Graphic
Curated OER

George Armstrong Custer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of George Armstrong Custer.
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Graphic
Curated OER

George Armstrong Custer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of George Armstrong Custer.
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Graphic
Curated OER

George Armstrong Custer

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of George Armstrong Custer.