1500-1799    Activities and Lesson Plans

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Emergence of Historic Tribes First Contact: Expanding Trade

This page contains links to all the activities and lesson plans for the 1500-1799 unit, targeted at 4th, 8th, and 12th grade levels of achievement.
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All activities and lesson plans are based on the Nebraska Department of Education Academic Standards for Social Studies and History and occasionally for cross-disciplines as well. The activities and lesson plans correlate and link back to the materials contained in "nebraskastudies.org".

EMERGENCE OF HISTORIC TRIBES
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4-8
ACTIVITY 1: Cultures and Locations DEFINITIONS, MAPMAKING
Historic Tribes
4-8
ACTIVITY 2: Bison IDENTIFY USES
Bison
4-8
ACTIVITY 3: Artifacts ARTIFACT ANALYSIS
Emergence
12
ACTIVITY 4: Migration MAP ANALYSIS
First Farmers
12
ACTIVITY 5: Oto, Missouria, Pawnee Artifacts ARTIFACT ANALYSIS
Eagle Ridge

FIRST CONTACT: EXPANDING TRADE
GRADE
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4-8
ACTIVITY 1: Trade Goods DRAWING COMPARISON
First Contact
4-8
ACTIVITY 2: Horses DISCUSSION
Horses Change Lives
4-8-12
ACTIVITY 3: Villasur Massacre PAINTING ANALYSIS
Villasur Sent to NE
12
ACTIVITY 4: Trade Goods Change Lives DISCUSSION
Geopolitical Power Shifts


Click below to access Activities and Lesson Plans
from all the eras on nebraskastudies.org.
Pre-
1500		 1500
to
1799		 1800
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1849		 1850
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1874		 1875
to
1899		 1900
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1924		 1925
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1949		 1950
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1974		 1975
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1999		 2000
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2024

 




















































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Emergence of Historic Tribes First Contact: Expanding Trade