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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Native American History

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 27 Grade-Leveled texts (4-12) on the topic Native American History. Before European settlers came to North America, millions of native people lived in many unique societies. Explore the history of Native Americans...
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Illinois State Museum: Native American Food

For Students 3rd - 8th
Experiences during the colonial years certainly were not the same for different cultural groups. This site compares and contrasts the housing, clothing, food, religion and family life of Native Americans, French settlers, and African...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Louisiana State History for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Louisiana including early explorers, Native Americans, French settlers, War of 1812, Louisiana Purchase, and the Civil War on this webpage.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Bay Verte, 1775

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia near Bay Verte (Green Bay) and the eastern shore of Chignecto showing the campaign of Colonel Monckton in 1775 against the French. "About the last of May, Colonel Monckton sailed from Boston, with...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Acadian Peninsula, 1775

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1775, when it was known as Acadia. Acadia had been ceded by France to the British under the Treaty of Utrecht (1713). At the outbreak of the French and Indian War, the British began a campaign of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Fort Pentagoet, Maine, 1626

For Students 9th - 10th
A sketch map of the eastern shoreline of Penobscot Bay, Maine, showing the location of the early French settlement and fort Pentagoet (Fort Pentagouet), or Castine at around the time the British from the Plymouth Colonies rousted the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Port Royal, or Annapolis Basin (After Lescarbot), 1609

For Students 9th - 10th
A facsimile of a map from Father Marc Lescarbot of Port Royal (Nova Scotia) around 1609, before the British campaigns in the area to expel the French settlers in 1613. This map shows the entrance to the Port Royal Basin from the Bay of...
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Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience the dramatic raid on Deerfield. You can read what the victims of the Deerfield Raid say in their stories through historical documents as well as see artifacts, find out about the assailants, and enter the conflict yourself.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Afrikaners

For Students 9th - 10th
The Afrikaners are descendants, to a great extent, of Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers, and, to a lesser extent, of English, Scottish, Irish, and other settlers of South Africa. The Dutch language of the first White settlers...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: New Peoples

For Students 9th - 10th
Most settlers who came to America in the 17th century were English, but there were also Dutch, Swedes and Germans in the middle region, a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere, slaves from Africa, primarily in the South,...
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University of Wisconsin: Solomon Juneau, Founder of Milwaukee

For Students 9th - 10th
Solomon Juneau, a French-Canadian, was one of the first settlers in the Milwaukee area and helped to shape its future. There is a profile of him here along with photos of his last home, which is now a museum.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: British Canada, 1791

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern Canada in 1791 after the American Revolution, during the formation of British North America and the division of Quebec into the largely French-speaking Lower Canada and the Loyalist Upper Canada. The map is color-coded...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Namur Historic District

For Students 9th - 10th
District of Belgian-American settlers, where French with a Walloon accent is still spoken.
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Usf: Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the early French settlements in Florida and South Carolina and the Spanish treatment of the settlers there. The site map will take you to many other articles about Florida history.

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