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Worksheet
Curated OER

Indian Language Groups

For Students 5th - 8th
For this American Indian language groups worksheet, students match the 5 Virginian regions to the appropriate American Indian tribes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Viriginan American Indians

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students complete a KWL chart about the American Indians using graphic organizers from websites. They read a teacher-selected book about the early Virginia American Indians and then read Becoming a Homeplace from the Virginia Historical...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kiskiack: Changing Architectural Landscape

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the changing Native and English colonial architectural landscape of the 17th and 18th centuries. Students research and evaluate how economic technology, and the environment reflected cultural changes in the...
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Handout
University of Notre Dame

Coin and Currency Collections: Wampum

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana has a special collections section on coins and currencies, this web page is part of the website representing these artifacts and the history related to them. Wampum, the currency of fur trading, is...
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Handout
Other

Pequot History

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the culture and history of the Pequot Indians, a Northeast Woodlands tribe living in Connecticut.
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Handout
Other

About the Beothuk

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the Beothuk people and how they lived. Explores their difficult lives and how their economy functioned. Also provides information about the decline of their population which eventually lead to the end of their civilization.
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Handout
Other

Access Genealogy: Pequot Indian History

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the history of the Pequot Indians and their relations with their neighboring tribes and the early English colonists in New England.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Maliseet

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed site that covers the language and settlement areas of the Maliseet.
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Handout
Other

Facts for Kids: Algonquian Indian Tribes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This article explores the Native American language grouping known as "Algonquian". Much like the Indo-European language family, the Algonquian language family was spoken by many different and widespread Indian tribes. Find out about the...