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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Trail of Tears

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to learn more about the Cherokee's journey from their home and why it's called the Trail of Tears.
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Handout
PBS

New Perspectives on the West: Sam Houston (1793 1863)

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography on Sam Houston focuses his life as an advocate for Indians and his controversial political career.
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Primary
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Bowl to Sam Houston, August 16, 1836

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a letter through which Chief Bowl of the Cherokees writes to Sam Houston, hoping to have a face-to-face meeting with him concerning Native American relations. Includes an image of the original letter as well as line-by-line...
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Primary
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Don Ramon Musquiz to Jose Maria Letona

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a letter from 1831 that relays the efforts of the Cherokees to keep their land through negotiations with the Mexican government. This site includes images of the original letter as well as line-by-line transcription of the...
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Website
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Spanish & Mexican Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
How were the Native Americans of Texas affected by the Spanish rule from 1716 to 1821? How did Indian life change when Texas was led by Stephen F. Austin? This article addresses the relations between Indians and white settlers, as well...
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Primary
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: James Bowie, Report to Political Chief

For Students 9th - 10th
See all of a 3-page letter James Bowie wrote concerning the Native Americans he met through his "tour through the Indian villages." Includes line-by-line typed transcription below each page for easier reading.
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Primary
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas/ "The Raven"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Sam Houston's attempt to keep the peace between whites and Indians as president of the Republic of Texas. See primary source documents addressing this issue and read transcripts of the documents.
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Primary
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: Sam Houston to Edmund P Gaines Aug 1836

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this letter by Sam Houston through which he "asks for American help in preventing uprising in Nacogdoches, 1836." This site includes images of the original letter, as well as line-by-line transcription of the handwritten text.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Location of the Eastern Indian Tribes, 1600s

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of eastern North America showing the general areas of early contact between the Native Americans and European settlers. The map is divided by groups (Algonquians, Iroquoians, Siouans, and Muskhogeans) and the principal...
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Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Stand Watie

For Students 9th - 10th
Who was the only Native American general in the Civil War, the last Confederate general to lay down arms? Read about Stand Watie, Cherokee chief whose troops fought throughout Indian Territory and surrounding states. From "The...
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Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Native Americans in the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the Native American participation in the Civil War in both the Union and Confederate armies. Includes discussion of the beginnings of the Indian Wars, which continued after the conclusion of the Civil War. From the Civil...
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Handout
Other

Powersource: Wilma Mankiller

For Students 9th - 10th
This biographical sketch describes how Indian activist, Wilma Mankiller, developed her commitment to public service.
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Handout
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Samuel Houston

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about one of the great founders of the state of Texas. Sam Houston led Texans through many difficult years and is rightfully remembered for his role in Texas' independence and statehood. (In Spanish)
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Lewis Cass: Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
An argument by the Michigan Territorial governor, Lewis Cass, that claimed state laws superseded the rights claimed by Native American tribes like the Cherokee.
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Lesson Plan
Northern Illinois University

Teaching Future Historians: Antebellum Era Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Several lesson plans covering a range of topics from the 1830s through 1860. These plans will give your students experience using primary sources.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: North Carolina

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help discover more about "the story of the lost colony of Roanoke Island." Why did the Wright Brothers fly at Kitty Hawk? Learn more about North Carolina from the Library of Congress website.
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Lesson Plan
Volunteer Voices

Volunteer Voices: On the Trail of Tears [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
For this lesson, students work with primary source documents to recapture the experience of traveling on the Trail of Tears.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Trail of Tears

For Students 9th - 10th
The article provides facts and information about the tragic journey of the Cherokee tribe and other members of the Five Civilised Tribes called the "Trail of Tears" with key dates and a map.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Native Americans of the Southeast Woodlands

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the fundamental ways of life of the Southeast Woodland Indians and how they were affected by their environment.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Native American Removal

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using Activotes, students are assessed on their knowledge of the Native Americans' removal.
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Website
Other

Kids Konnect: Trail of Tears

For Students 3rd - 5th
Features ten 'fast facts' pertaining to the Trail of Tears.
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Handout
Other

Lone Star Internet: Sam Houston "The Raven" (1793 1863)

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed biography includes illustrations, quotations from Sam Houston (1793-1863 CE) about many aspects of life in his time, including education. Also includes personal information about his marriages and children.
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Handout
Other

Civics Resources: Worcester v. Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
In December 1829, President Andrew Jackson announced his Indian removal proposal in an address to the U.S. Congress. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the president to grant the Indians unsettled lands west...
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Handout
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a peek inside the Republic of Texas' relations with the Native Americans in the early nineteenth century.

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