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Native Americans

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Introduce middle schoolers to the First Nations that inhabited the Northeast during the Age of Exploration with a series of activities designed for differentiated groups.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
native american culture, native american history, native americans, north american native americans, native american tribes, reading comprehension strategies
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Assign groups to research a Northeastern Native American tribe and create a poster that identifies their territory, language, key characteristics, and customs
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires considerable prep time to locate the required map, collect artifacts, and copy the many worksheets
  • One lesson in a three-week unit study of the Age of exploration
Pros
  • Rubrics are included for the various performance tasks
Cons
  • Provided links to the map and images of Native Americans do not work
Common Core
RI.7.1 RI.7.3 RH.6-8.1