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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Historical Perspective And Heroes: the Battle At Little Bighorn

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the phenomenon of historical perspective. They examine different accounts of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and how the views differed not only along cultural lines but also with the passage of time.
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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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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
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
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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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Custer's Last Stand

For Students 5th - 8th
Read a brief description of General George Custer and his troops engagement with the Sioux at the Little Big Horn River. See what happened to the Sioux, and find out what the general perception of the Indian Wars was to the American public.
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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.