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eBook
Quia

Quia: Latitude and Longitude Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This one question matching quiz will help you learn the correct order of US Federal Indian policies. The quiz has a 15 minute time limit.
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Primary
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: The New Nation, 1783 1815

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website documents the United States through its struggles to become a new nation. Site includes primary source documents for the Articles of Confederation, US Constitutional Convention, and George...
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Website
Other

Minnesota Historical Society: Becoming Minnesotan: Recent Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
The oral histories of five immigrant communities new to Minnesota-Asian Indian, Khmer, Hmong, Somali, and Tibetan-remind us that there is no single answer to questions about what it means to be an American. With associated maps,...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Age of Jackson

For Students 5th - 8th
An overview of the issues and changes to the political scene in the Age of Jackson. Read about the nullification crisis and Jackson's veto of the national bank charter, and the relocation of Native Americans. Find out about the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Archeology: Can You Dig It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this technology-based, interdisciplinary study, students will discover how archeology helps us learn about our past. They will navigate the Internet to discover different methods archeologists use and gain an appreciation of the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: West Indians Trading Posts & Routes of Travel, 1820 1835

For Students 9th - 10th
Western Indians trading posts and routes of travel 1820-1835, based on Chittenden's American Fur Trade.
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Primary
Curated OER

National Park Service: A Sharp Little Affair [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Although somewhat difficult to read, this PDF file from the National Park Service describes the Battle of Big Hole and the history and archeology surrounding this battle site. A most extensive study.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Fort Davis National Historic Site

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover the historical Fort Davis, a critical military fort during Indian Wars and the Civil War in Southwest Texas. Fort Davis served to protect many people passing by the area between 1854-1891.
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Fort Davis National Historic Site

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover the historical Fort Davis, a critical military fort during Indian Wars and the Civil War in Southwest Texas. Fort Davis served to protect many people passing by the area between 1854-1891.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Prehistoric Connection

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan is an adaptation of Activity 92 from Project Learning Tree. Students will research the four prehistoric time periods and compare and contrast them with their lives. By doing this, they will recognize the difference...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: Effigy Mounds National Monument on Line Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 1st - 8th
An extensive guide to lesson plans created by teachers about the mound building Indians.
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Article
Other

History: From Cliff Swellings to Statehood

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource traces the history of Colorado from its earliest inhabitants to its admittance as the thirty-eighth state of the union.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Us History: Louisiana Purchase

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers two topics related to the growth of the new United States - the Louisiana Purchase and the settling of the Great Plains. How the Louisiana Purchase came about as a result of a decision by Napoleon is explained. The Great Plains...
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Alcatraz Island

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Part of the Golden Gate National Recreational Area, Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay. Originally a lighthouse and military fort, the island is best known for being a federal prison. The island is packed full of...
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Lesson Plan
US Mint

U.s. Mint: We're Going on a Bison Hunt [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this four-part lesson, examine the significance of the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark's Expedition. Then take the students on a simulated bison hunt to understand the importance of the bison as a food and materials source in...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Native Resistance in the Trans Appalachian West

For Students 5th - 8th
This site gives a brief look at the Indian alliance built by Tecumseh to confront the U.S. military which wanted to protect the settlers moving west into Indian territory.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Life on the Reservations

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the probems caused by restricting Native Americans to reservations after their collective defeat by the end of the 19th century. See how the Dawes Act tried to address these problems, but only made things worse.
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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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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Closing the Frontier

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief look at the conflict between Native Americans in the last half of the 19th century. By the end of the century, Native Americans were relegated to reservation life. See how the struggle was fought and find out the advantages of...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Wounded Knee Massacre

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the phenomenon of the Ghost Dance that was causing a religious reawakening with Native Americans in the 1880s. See how this caused the travesty at Wounded Knee Creek where the U.S. Army attacked peaceful Sioux who were trying...
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Primary
Other

Kansas History: The Last Land Rush

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the land rush onto the Cherokee Strip, land sold by the Cherokees to the U.S. government in 1891.
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Activity
Curated OER

National Park Service: Captain John Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical detail on American hero, John Smith, who was a leader of the Jamestown Colony.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Colonial Societies 1500 1700: Spanish Exploration & Colonial Society

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the establishment of Spanish settlements in America, the differences between them, and the conflicts the Spanish had with other European interests and with the native peoples.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: How Much Revolutionary Change?

For Students 11th - 12th
This section of a chapter on "Creating Republican Governments" describes the status of women and nonwhites in the new republic.