Lesson Plan for Native American Unit
Native Americans SPIs and links - 2 Weeks
Identify pre-Colonial Native American groups (i.e., Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Aztec, Mayans, Olmec, and Mississippi Mound Builders).
Ancient Americas Lesson Plan Links
Olmec
Aztec
Maya
Mexican Timeline
Examine how Native American culture changed as a result of contact with European cultures (i.e., decreased population, spread of disease, increased conflict, loss of territory, and increase of trade.)
Identify Native American groups in Tennessee before European explorations (i.e., Cherokee, Creek, and Chickasaw).
Read and interpret a passage about the Trail of Tears.
Identify major Tennessee political leaders (i.e., Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, James Polk, Sequoyia, David Crockett, and Nancy Ward).
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Lesson 1 Olmec, Maya, and Aztec
Have students color areas
on the map where Olmec, Maya,
and Aztec lived.
Use Explore the Mesoamerican World Timeline as a coloring guide.
http://www.ballgame.org/sub_section.asp?section=1&sub_section=1
Olmec
Maya

Aztecs
Aztec Sun Craft Ideas
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Lesson 2 Mound Builders
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Lesson 3 Tennessee Indians
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Lesson 4 White Men
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Lesson 5 Sequoyah
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Lesson 6 Trail of Tears
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