Many people think that Native Americans are a vanished people—that they do not exist in the present day.These lessons help students understand the culture and history behind the many different native american tribes, both those that are extinct, and the many indian tribes that still exist today.. Help students learn what is fact and what is misinformation, or even fiction.
Age Range: Grade 9 through grade 12 (High School)
Overview and Purpose: The American Indians are often portrayed as wearing animal skin capes and headdresses at the first Thanksgiving feast. Is this accurate? In this lesson, students will research those early American Indians and separate fact from fiction.
Objective: The student will be able to correct ten common myths about the early American Indians.
This animated map illustrates how Euro-American settlement between 1600 and today displaced Native Peoples and eradicated their languages.