TCM3926-Primary Sources: American Indians

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods.

Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Plus, each kit meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents and this series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.

Photographs: Indian chiefs and U.S. officials after the Battle of Wounded Knee; Men and women performing the Corn Dance in San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico; Navajo blanket weaver using a loom; Sun-dried meat hanging in front of an adobe pueblo; Navajo Hogan; A woman cutting wood on a Flathead Indian Reservation; Portrait of Yellow Dog.

Primary Sources: Tribune Extra edition with a newspaper account of the Custer Massacre; Declaration of Allegiance signed by Native Americans; Aleutian boat sketches; Cherokee alphabet; Senate Bill 102 from 1830; Tlingit totem pole; Map of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories; Papago and Pima baskets.

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