Pre-colonial, Colonial

A brief, illustrated introduction to the exhibits and website of this great, national collection and learning center.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180431.pdf

--Peter L. Higgs and Shannon McNeal
Using museum "artifacts" and kits, students employ higher order thinking skills as they compare aspects of ancient cultures with those of today.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180427.pdf

--Lynette Field and Judith Y. Singer
The authors describe books for youth about 1) the early encounters between Native Americans and Europeans, and 2) cultural and economic wealth generated by the coming of horses to the continent, and 3) forced marches and separation of families.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180424.pdf

--Margaret Golden
Fourth grade students critically compare the fictionalized account with various historical sources. In the 1615 English engraving, that Elizabethan collar on Pocahontas "probably hid tattooing."

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180419.pdf

--Carol Carney Warren
Through the use of primary source materials, students can investigate the effects that dam construction on the Gila River has had on the lifestyle of the Pima Indians in central Arizona.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/pullout

--Carol Carney Warren
Websites and books provide ideas for sharing a different perspective on U.S. history.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180415.pdf

--Ann Lyle Rethlefsen
Fourth and fifth grade students learn about the Lakota tradition of creating a buffalo hide "graphic history" to mark important events.

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180408.pdf

--Pamela McFaden Lobb
Consider four categories when selecting materials about American Indians: Native Authors (use whenever possible); art and illustration (avoid stereotypes); language (ex. avoid "squaw"); and perspective (avoid glorifying one historical point of view).

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180406.pdf

--Mark Finchum
A primer for recognizing stereotyping where it might occur in alphabet books; textbooks; children's literature; activities around the Thanksgiving and Columbus holidays; and portrayals of modern life in the USA.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1804/180404.pdf

--Daniel A. Kelin, II
In their roles as Henry Hudson's sailors (ca. 1610 C.E.), third grade students "faced the cold, loneliness, frustration, and disorientation of Hudson's last voyage."

• http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1801/180111.pdf