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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Indian Legends

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, read a Bigfoot report and decide whether they believe the Bigfoot legend.
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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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Handout
PBS

Pbs the West: Big Foot (?? 1890)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the massacre of Chief Big Foot and his followers at the Massacre of Wounded Knee.
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Primary
Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1890

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides information about the Massacre at Wounded Knee. Gives background information on why and how the battle happened and includes a first-hand account of what occurred at the battle from an interpreter for the Army who...