1500-1799 Suggested Activities for "First Contacts"
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Pre 8th grade level: (Each link below will open a new window. Simply close it to come back here.)

Trade Goods. Compare and contrast the items traded between the Europeans and the Native American tribes. Copy or draw pictures of two items traded by Europeans and by Native Americans.
Standard 4.2. Standard 4.5. Standard 4.12. Standard 4.14. Standard 4.15. Standard 8.1.1. Standard 8.1.9. NRWS 4.1.3. NRWS 4.1.4. NRWS 4.1.7. NRWS 4.1.8. NRWS 4.2.4. NRWS 4.2.5. NRWS 8.1.1. NRWS 8.1.2. NRWS 8.1.6. NRWS 8.1.7. NRWS 8.2.4. NRWS 8.2.5. NSS 4.1.2. NSS 4.2.1. NSS 4.5.1. NSS 4.6.2. NSS 4.8. NSS 8.4.4. NSS 8.7.2. NSS 8.2

Villasur. Use the National Archives and Records Administration's "Photograph Analysis Worksheet" as a basis for analyzing the painting of the Villasur massacre.
Standard 4.2. Standard 4.5. Standard 4.12. Standard 8.1.2. Standard 8.1.1. Standard 8.1.9. Standard 8.1.10. NRWS 4.1.3. NRWS 4.1.4. NRWS 4.1.7. NRWS 4.1.8. NRWS 4.2.4. NRWS 4.2.5. NRWS 8.1.1. NRWS 8.1.2. NRWS 8.2.4. NRWS 8.2.5. NSS 4.1.2.NSS 4.2.1. NSS 4.5.1. NSS 4.6.2. NSS 4.8. NSS 8.7.2. NSS 8.2

Horses. Analyze how the Spanish introduction of the horse to the Plains Indians revolutionized their lives.
Standard 4.2. Standard 4.5. Standard 4.10. Standard 8.1.1. Standard 8.1.9. NRWS 4.1.3. NRWS 4.1.4. NRWS 4.1.7. NRWS 4.1.8. NRWS 4.2.4. NRWS 4.2.5. NRWS 8.1.1. NRWS 8.1.2. NRWS 8.1.6. NRWS 8.1.7. NRWS 8.2.4. NRWS 8.2.5. NSS 4.1.2. NSS 4.2.1. NSS 4.5.1. NSS 4.6.2. NSS 4.8. NSS 8.7.2. NSS 8.2

8th grade and older:

Trade Goods. Compare and contrast the items traded between the Native Americans and the Europeans. Analyze how the Europeans trade goods changed the lives of the Native Americans.
Standard 12.4.21. Standard 12.1.5. Standard 12.1.5. Standard 12.2.3. Standard 12.2.5. Standard 12.2.6. Standard 12.2.9. Standard 12.2.15. Standard 12.3. Standard 12.3.15. Standard 12.3.17. NRWS 12.1.1. NRWS 12.1. NRWS 12.1.3. NRWS 12.1.6. NRWS 12.2.4. NRWS 12.2.5. NSS 12.2. NSS 12.2.1. NSS 12.7.2. NSS 12.7.3. NSS 12.7.6. NSS 12.8.2.

Villasur. Use the National Archives and Records Administration's "Photograph Analysis Worksheet" as a basis for analyzing the painting of Villasur.
Standard 12.1.5. Standard 12.1.11. Standard 12.2.3. Standard 12.2.6. Standard 12.3.1. Standard 12.3.15. Standard 12.3.17. NRWS 12.1.1. NRWS 12.1. NRWS 12.1.6. NRWS 12.2.4. NRWS 12.2.5. NSS 12.2. NSS 12.2.1. NSS 12.7.2. NSS 12.7.3. NSS 12.7.6. NSS 12.8.2.