*(Easy)
Knight, Margy and O,Brien, Anne; Who Belongs Here? An American Story Cambodian refugee

Levine, Ellen; If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island historic immigration

Say, Allen; Grandfather's Journey Japanese immigration
 

*(Average)
Hintz, Martin; Destination New Orleans

Yep, Lawrence; Ribbons Chinese immigration

Myers, Walter; Brown Angels African-American photos

Fraser, Mary Ann; In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado with John Wesley Powell

Arnold, Caroline; The Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde

Ayer, Eleanor; The Anasazi

Lauber, Patricia; Summer of Fire: Yellowstone, 1988
 

*(Challenging)
Sattler, Helen; The Earliest Americans Native-Ams.

Soto, Gary; Baseball in April and Other Stories Mexican-Am.
 

*(Read-Alouds)
Bruchac, Joseph; Lasting Echoes: An Oral History of Native American Peoples

Cohn, Amy; From Sea to Shining Sea folklore and folk songs
 

*(Teacher Resource)
Wood, Nancy; The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry and Art of the New Mexico Pueblos

Video:

The Pacific Edge - National Geographic EMC #881893 (20 mins.)

Internet:

http://www.pbs.org/
pov/learning/ 
cultural plurality

http://www.wwcd.org/
action/ampu/ 
cultural plurality

http://www.desertusa.com
/ind1/du_peo_past.html 
Southwest desert

http://www.bhs.edu/
wmc/lzc/anasazi.html 
Anasazi

http://sipapu.gsu.edu/
html/kiva.html 
Anasazi 

http://www.vpds.wsu.edu/
wahistcult/submissions/31.html 
Makah 

http://www.cmcc.muse.digital.ca/
cmc/cmceng/grandeng.html 
Northwest

http://www.cr.nps.gov
/aad/feature/feature.htm 
Mississippi 

http://ngeorgia.com/
history/creek.shtml 
Creek 

http://www.arch.dcr.state.nc.us/
1stcolo.htm 
Cherokee

http://www.glenbow.org/
srobe/srobe.htm 
Plains 

http://kroeber.anthro.mankato.
msus.edu/prehistory
/northamerica/index.shtml

http://kroeber.anthro.mankato
.msus.edu/prehistory/
settlements/index.shtml

http://www.powersource.
com/gallery 
general Native-American

http://www.co.blm.gov
/ahc/hmepage.htm#anchor
339414

cwww.co.blm.gov/
education/mesas/mesa.html 
Native-Am. migration; 
land-bridge

http://www.co.blm.gov/
archnet.uconn.edu/regions  Native-American archaeology

Native Americans People of the Desert and Native
Americans: People of the Plains,
Rainbow Educational Media, 1993 (Video). 
Desert: Topics include:
geography of the region and Native American tribes indigenous to the Southwest, day-to-day life of an Anasazi family, the Anasazi view of spirituality, historic photographs, re-enactments, and narration clarify concepts. Plains: Topics include: the culture and the
history of the Native Americans of the Plains with a focus on the early 1800's, construction of tipis and domestic life and the role of medicine men.

NGS Picture Show Native Americans 1 and 2. 
National Geographic Society, 1995 (CD-ROM, Mac, Win). Volume1 is divided into Native American information about "The Eastern Woodlands" and "'The Plains." Indian tribes discussed are Iroquois and Oiibwa, Sioux and Cheyenne,
Cherokee and Choctaw. Volume 2 is divided into Native American information about "The Southwest" and "The Northwest Coast and Arctic." Indian tribes discussed are the Hopi, Apache and Navajo, Haida, Tlingit, and Eskimo.
 Both volumes illustrate the life of the peoples before the Europeans arrived and the impact of colonial life on
native culture.

http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/
academy/ace/soc/elem.html

gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/11/
Educational_Resources/
Lesson_Plans/Big%20
Sky/social_studies

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus

http://www.trinity.edu/
departments/education/core/
newplans.htm

http://ericir.syr.edu/
Virtual/Lessons/crossroads

http://talk.startribune.com/
cgi-bin/WebX.cgi?homework-
14@@.ee6b2b9  
homework help

http://www.hmco.com/hmco/
school/search/activity.html  
*Houghton Mifflin

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/
lesson.html#social

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
resources/ngo/education/ideas.html

http://www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/  
*Houghton Mifflin supplemental 
games, quizes maps

http://www.socialstudies.com/
index.html

http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/
socialstud/socstu1.html

1.) Students will work within their assigned cooperative group to research and present information on an early settlement of the United States 

2.) Using the internet and print resources students will research the following information for their assigned early American settlement:

3.) Using the information gathered, students will prepare maps and illustrations for their presentation. Students should be expert enough to be able to answer questions.

4.) Each group will present a 20-40 minute presentation on their early settlement using maps and pictures.

While teams are working, observe the proper student use of research resources; for example, atlases, maps, social studies books, encyclopedias, and computer software. Make notes to share with each group.

A group grade will be given based on information and question response.

Rate each of the following using a scale of: l=poor; 2=average; 3=above average; 4=excellent

· Information obtained from references

· Project meets requirements 

· Layout 

· Organization 

.Maps and Illustrations