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NASA for Kids (interactive)
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Online Resources for Students:
The Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Fight Against Removal interactive lesson (PBS)
Conflict over Western Lands interactive lesson (PBS)
Westward Expansion, 1860-1890, interactive map
The Settlement of the American West, interactive lesson
From the Institute for American Indian Stories, several PDFs with information and activity ideas to battle stereotypes on Native Americans:
-"Myth"- Understandings: how beliefs about groups become stereotypes
-Nature's Resources, Nature's Gifts
-The Fascinating History of Native American Foods
-Making Sense of Native American Regional Differences
Online Resources for Teachers:
Three perspectives on Native American Removal and Westward Expansion
Was the conflict over land use between the Native Americans and the Colonists unavoidable? (Digging Into the Past; some great questions to make students think)
From the Institute for American Indian Stories, several PDFs with information and activity ideas to battle stereotypes on Native Americans:
-"Myth"- Understandings: how beliefs about groups become stereotypes (activity ideas)
-Nature's Resources, Nature's Gifts
-Not so primitive technology (activity ideas)
-The Fascinating History of Native American Foods
-Making Sense of Native American Regional Differences
-Eating with the Seasons (activity ideas)
Lewis and Clark: the Unheard Voices Unit (ADL)
Tribal Perspectives on American History in the NorthWest video and Teacher Guide (Regional Learning Project; aimed at secondary students, but some resources and questions can be useful)
Trail of Tears: the Cherokee Fight Against removal interactive lesson (PBS)
Westward Expansion, 1860-1890 interactive lesson (PBS)
The Settlement of the American West interactive lesson (PBS)
Conflict over Western Lands interactive lesson (PBS)
Manifest Destiny and American Indians lesson plan (PBS)
The Louisiana Purchase: Lewis and Clark's Expedition (PBS)
Impact of the U.S. Expansion on Indigenous People and Stereotypes about Native American People (ADL)
Then and Now: Native Voices in American History (Smithsonian Institute)
Trail Tribes: History with a tribal perspective, along trails followed by Lewis & Clark
The Treaty Trail: U.S.-Indian Treat Councils in the NorthWest (Washington State Historical Society: document targets middle schoolers, but some resources can be useful)
Five Ideas to change teaching about Thanksgiving, in Classrooms, and at Home (Smithsonian Magazine; some good ideas here that can be transferred to this unit)
Teacher-Created lesson plans shared by Common Sense
The Impact of Westward Expansion (Education.com)
Transcontinental Railroad through the Arts (BYU)
In the Library: 333.7, 550s earth sciences, 549 minerology, 363.7282 recycling, 363.3497 natural disasters, etc.