7 Explorers: Native Americans

To what extent did the English settlers impact the life of the Native Americans in the 16th century (1500s)?

Consider cultural areas such as...

(Choose any two)

• religion
• education
• food habits
• language 
• health
• well-being
• housing

Maps

Native American Lands before colonization

Native American Lands after colonization (on-going)

• Interactive Map showing the loss of Native American land (choose the clock icon to watch)
• Article explanation, via Slate

Articles

• What are Tribal Nations and Reservations? via The Welllian magazine (Duke U)

Websites

• Native Americans before Contact, via Khan Academy
• The Reservation System, via Khan Academy
• Life for Native Americans in the 1920s, via BBC Bitesize

Log into our school databases for information on your topic

BrainPop videos:

• Trail of Tears, Reservations, Wounded Knee, Westward Expansion, Thirteen Colonies

World Book Articles:

• Fur Trade, Indian Reservation, Reparations

Britannica: (search "Native Americans" and use the Table of Contents)

• Life after European Contact, American Indians Today

Gale: Middle School in Context

• Native American Struggles