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How Were Native Lands Lost to Colonizers? – Part 4 Resources

The How Were Native Lands Lost to Colonizers digital resources include animated videos with maps and timelines showing when and where Native Lands were lost, child-appropriate facts, and enrichment resources. The goal of Amerind is to get students excited about learning and to help create lifelong learners. These resources provide engaging opportunities for students to safely explore and learn more about the impact of colonization to Native Americans.

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Course Instructor

Brenda Kilmurray Author

Brenda Kilmurray is a National Board Certified Teacher, currently certified in Arizona with 17 years’ experience in the classroom working with 3rd – 5th grade students.  Brenda was awarded Cochise County’s Arizona Rural Teacher of the Year (2017), The Air Force Association’s Cochise County STEM Teacher of the Year (2017), Sierra Vista Unified School District’s Elementary Teacher of the Year (2017), and The Arizona Educational Foundation’s Arizona Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist (2018). Brenda brings her passion for the classroom and understanding of the Arizona Department of Education State Standards together to create engaging and developmentally appropriate lessons. These lessons incorporate differentiated reading, writing, and STEAM activities. The lessons featured here were reviewed and critiqued by content experts, including historians, archaeologists, other educators, many of whom are members of Indigenous communities. For a full list the advisors visit Our Contributor’s Page.

Special Thanks to Our Contributors

Amerind would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale (Diné) for reviewing this lesson. The comments, advice, and guidance of our contributors improved these educational materials significantly. We are truly grateful for their help. Any errors or oversights in these materials are solely the responsibility of Amerind.

Course Structure

This course is delivered in 4 parts.

  1. History – Includes all links and activities in the Orange column below.
  2. ELA Reading and Writing – Includes all links and activities in the Yellow and Green columns with the title ELA.
  3. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) – Includes all links and activities in the blue column with the title S.T.E.A.M.
  4. Resources – This is a simple page with links for extended learning and study. These are found in the purple column labeled Resources.

The image below gives a quick view of the lessons and links that are found in each of the lessons. You can access this document here.

How Were Native Lands Lost to Colonizers? – Curriculum Chart

History /Social Science Standard

Learning Objectives:
SP1.2 – We will compare life in specific historical time periods to today.
G1.1 We will use and construct maps and graphs to represent changes in the Americas over time.
H1.3 – We will examine the cause and effect of European exploration and colonization.
RI.1 We answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text.
RI.4 We will determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in an informative text.
RI.5 We will describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution) in a text.
W.2 We will write an informative essay to examine a topic.

History ActivitiesELA 
Crosswalk		ELA
Activities		S.T.E.A.M.Digital
Resources
Lessons
1) How Were Native Lands Lost To Colonizers? Digital Notebook
2) How Were Native Lands Lost to Colonizers Slideshow 
3) How Were Native Lands Lost to Colonizers CLOZE notes		Reading Passages:
1) The Race Between Spain, France, and Britain to Colonize Native Lands
2) The Proclamation of 1763 
3) The Louisiana Purchase and the Forced Removal of Native Americans
Writing Assignment:
Expository Writing – How Were Native Lands Lost to Colonizers?		Reading Activities
1) How Native Lands Were Lost to Colonizers Source Activity
2) How Native Lands Were Lost to Colonizers Source Worksheet
3) Westward Expansion Timeline		S.T.E.A.M.
1) Indigenous Nation Enrichment Activity
2) The Loss of Native American Lands Within the US: Every Year Timeline Activity Resource
3) Create a virtual timeline
4) Make your own bullroarer
5) Ancient Astronomy: Native American Star Stories		Resources
1) The Loss of Native American Lands Within the US: Every Year
2) History.com Native American Timeline
3) Native Lands Lost to the United States
4) Facts About the Proclamation of 1763
5) Treaty of Paris
6)The Trouble with History
7) Native Americans before European Colonization – U.S. History for Kids!

Accessing the Course Content

This course is designed and presented with the goal that the material can be easily used by anyone. As a result, each lesson will present content in multiple ways to accommodate many different teaching styles and technology needs. For each lesson you will have the following options:

  • Website Content – The lessons/worksheets/videos will be available to view inside of the website. You can read and use the lesson from this site.
  • External Link – You will also have a link that directly links you to the resource (ie. Google Doc, Google Slide, YouTube Video)

* IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR GOOGLE DOCS AND SLIDES

If you go directly to a link to save a google document or slide, you must make a copy of the document and save it to your own account.