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

    • http://www.proteacher.com/090095.shtml

  • Olmec

    • http://www.crystalinks.com/olmec.html

  • Aztec

    • http://www.dickblick.com/multicultural/aztecsunstone/

    • http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/display.cfm?id=151

    • http://www.learning-connections.co.uk/curric/cur_pri/aztecs/hands.html

    • http://www.crystalinks.com/aztecs.html

  • Maya

    • http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/Sep04_maya.htm

    • http://www.civilization.ca/civil/maya/mmc01eng.html#menu

  • Mexican Timeline

    • http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history.html

    • http://www.ballgame.org/sub_section.asp?section=1&sub_section=1

• 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.)

  • http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/conflict.htm

• 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.

  • PowerPoint Trail of Tears

  • http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian/essays/indianremovald.htm

  • http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parks/trte/ppMaps/ACF17B%2Ejpg

  • http://annettelamb.com/42explore/trailoftears.htm

• 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

• Print map of North America for each student  http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/pdf/north_america.pdf
  http://www.learning-connections.co.uk/curric/cur_pri/aztecs/handson/hands_1.html

  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

• Write the name of each civilization on a timeline. http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/01_3_LandBridge.pdf
• Discuss graphic organizer
  (Picture Version http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/blueprint/early_civilizations2.htm)
  (Word Version http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/blueprint/early_civilizations.htm)
• Complete one activity for each group.

  Olmec

  • http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/dev/units/three/landscape/03_landscape5.pdf

  Maya

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  • Food - cocoa (Make hot chocolate or dip marshmallows into melted chocolate.)
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/Sep04_maya.htm

  Aztecs

  • Read excerpts from Lost Temple of the Aztecs by Shelley Tanada

  • Aztec Sun Craft Ideas

    • http://www.dickblick.com/multicultural/aztecsunstone/

    • http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/display.cfm?id=151

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Lesson 2 Mound Builders

• Using the same map from Lesson 1. Color in the area where the Mound Builders lived.
• Add Mound Builders to the timeline that students started in Lesson 1.
• Discuss graphic organizer
  (Picture Version http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/blueprint/early_civilizations2.htm)
  (Word Version http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/blueprint/early_civilizations.htm)
• Artifacts Website http://www.mississippian-artifacts.com/ Photo http://www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/kelly/overviewpicturefullinfo.html
• Corn -- Discuss corn being an important food for the Mound Builders. Make an "ear of corn". http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/collage.html http://www.easyfunschool.com/ThemeFunCorn.html

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Lesson 3 Tennessee Indians

• Add Cherokee, Creek, and Chickasaw to North America map and timeline.
• Discuss the "Five Civilized Tribes" Show pictures of each.
• Read to students while they bead ...If You Lived with the Cherokee by Peter and Connie Roop
• Show video from MCE Library Cherokee:  Indians of North America (30 minutes)
• Give students a copy of Cherokee ABC Coloring Book - Read and discuss
• Craft Ideas
  • weaving
  • drum
  • pinch pot
  • beads

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Lesson 4 White Men

• Worksheet "Ways Europeans Changed Native Americans" http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/blueprint/conflict2.htm
• Finish crafts

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Lesson 5 Sequoyah

• Read Sequoyah : The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing or Sequoyah:  Cherokee Hero (Comprehension Questions)

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Lesson 6 Trail of Tears

• Read Step Into Reading:  The Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac
• Map removal routes. http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian/essays/indianremovald.htm
  http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parks/trte/ppMaps/ACF17B.jpg

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