*(Easy)

Bulla, Clyde Robert; Pocahontas and the Strangers

Martin, Bill; Knots on a Counting Rope

Owings Dewey, Jennifer; Stories on Stone: Rock Art Images from the Ancient Ones

Van Leeuwen, Jan; Across the Wide Dark Sea: The Mayflower Journey

San Souci, Robert; N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims illustrations of the first Thanksgiving

*(Average)

Fritz, Jean; The Double Life of Pocahontas

Kohn, Bernice; Talking Leaves: The Story of Sequoyah Biography, traces alphabet

Lenski, Lois; Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk; The Iroquois

Waters, Kate; Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times
 

*(Challenging)

Bierhorst, John; The Girl Who Married a Ghost and Other Tales of the North American Indian

Cooper, James Fenimore; The Last of the Mohicans

Kroeber, Theodora; Ishi: In Two Worlds

Rockwood, Joyce; To Spoil the Sun   H/F: first Cherokee contact with Europeans

Sandoz, Mari; The Horsecatcher  H/F: Cheyenne

Sandoz, Mari; The Story Catcher H/F: Sioux
 

*(Read-Alouds)

James, Betsy; The Mud Family
 

*(Resource)

Nash, Gary; Red, White and Black: The Peoples of Early America

Video:

Native American Life EMC#885726 (25 min)

Native Americans Series: EMC#885229 Desert (24 mins)
                     EMC#885230 Forest (25 mins)
                     EMC#885231 Northwest (23 mins)
                     EMC#885232 Plains (24 mins)

Pilgrims at Plymouth     EMC#885113

Internet:

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu
/vcdh/jamestown/contents.html  
Jamestown site

http://www.apva.org

http://web.syr.edu/~laroux/

http://adirondack.net/tour/fwh.html

http://www.philaprintshop.com
/frchintx.html

http://www.geocities.com/~jmillard  
tour simulation

http://www.rrangers.org/  
Lake Champlain

http://nps.gov/fone/home.html

http://www.fort_ticonderoga.org/

http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/
ecp/10/214/images/00200001.gif  
Period map of colonies and tribes

http://digitalhistory.org

http://www.geocities.com/
Heartland/Hills/1094/indian.htm

http://www.letsfindout.com
/subjects/america/fiwar.html

http://www.studyweb.com/History

http://www.plimoth.org/Library/
Thanksgiving/thanksgi.htm  
Native-Americans at Plymouth

http://www.acoe.edu/cia/history/
williamsburg98/hoffman.html 
Pocahontas

http://www.geocities.com/
Broadway/1001/poca.html  compare/contrast Pocahontas 
of history with Disney production

http://www.ibiscom.com/cap.htm 
Mary Jemison story (of Indian Captive). Useful for literature/language arts integration.

http://www.pages.tca.net/martikw/  
Cherokee history, with good links

American Thanksgiving Tradition
http://www.plimoth.org/
Library/Thanksgiving/
thanksgi.htm
Description: Most of what we know about the 1621 event comes from the first-hand accounts of Governor William Bradford and Master Edward Winslow, leaders of the young colony. Other facts can be gleaned by studying English harvest home traditions, available foodstuffs and cooking techniques, Separatist religious practices and 17th-Century English social patterns and customs. Here is a collection of information on all these subjects, prepared by Plimoth Plantation museum staff.
Comments: Compare the information found here with the story of Thanksgiving found in a piece of children's literature.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
 

Native American Myths and Legends
http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/
%7Eisk/stories
/myths.html
Description: This is a large collection of Native American myths and legends organized by geographic location in the U.S.. There are wonderful illustrations and a real sense of listening to the stories first hand.
Comments: This was made for students and adults alike. Good navigation.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

Brief History of Jamestown
http://www.apva.org/
history/index.html
Description: This is a brief history of Jamestown with hotlinks embedded to learn more about the Virignia Company, Pocahontas, and John Smith.
Comments: This short article matches fifth grade research needs.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
 

Native American Shelters
http://www.anthro.mankato.
msus.edu/prehistory/
settlements/index.shtml
Description: This site shows and describes different shelters used by Native Americans. It is organized by sections of the U.S..
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

Pequot War
http://www.flash.net/
~pthomp1/mason.htm
Description: This is a primary source text written by John Mason describing how the Puritans attacked and destroyed the Pequot Indian fort in 1637. 
Comments: This is difficult text but parts can be used effectively with fifth grade students.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: High
 

The Real Pocahontas
http://www.geocities.com/
Broadway/1001/poca.html
Description: This site by David Morenus, a descendant of both Pocahonas and members of the Mayflower, provides a critique of the Disney movie and his research on the true story of Pocohantas and John Smith.
Comments: Mr. Morenus' academic credentials are not high but his reearch appears to be sound. 
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
 

A Vital Turn of Events
http://one-web.org/
oneida/facts/
poly-cooper.html
Description: An oral history story from the Oneida Indians about how they helped George Washington's starving troups at Valley Forge.
Resource Type: Other
Graphics Content: High

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

gopher://bvsd.k12.co.us:70/
11/Educational_Resources/
Lesson_Plans/Big%20Sky/
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.nwrel.org/sky/
Classroom/Social_Studies/
Social_Studies.html

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

Effects of Contact on the Indians and Europeans: 1492-1673
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/
Lessons/crossroads/sec4/
Unit_2/Unit_IIQ3.html
Identify the positive and negative effects of contact on the Indians and the Europeans. Judge whether contact was good or bad from the point of view of the Indians or Europeans. Write a personal narrative from the point of view of either a European or a native American. The background reading may be difficult, so work in groups or use your textbook as an alternative source.
Author: Crossroads Curriculum 
 

Native American Contributions
http://www.bluemountain.com/
eng/nativeamer/NativeAmer.html
There are Native American influences all around us. Students visiting this site can participate in online activities that challange their knowledge of Native American contributions.
Author: Blue Mountain Cards
 

Trail on Which They Wept
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/
curriculum/socialstd/grade5/
Trail_Wept.html
This is the story of Sarah Tsaluh Rogers, a young Cherokee girl, her family, and the "Trail of Tears." The story begins in 1837 and describes the Cherokees' lifestyle in Georgia and the 115 long, difficult days of their journey from Georgia to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
Author: Patricia King Robeson

  Reports are to be 3-5 pages, double spaced, complete with Outline, Table of Contents, and Bibliography. Visual aids are recommended (maps, illustrations, photocopies). Reports may be assessed on the following criteria:
Outline and Organization: 30% / Quality of Research and Content: 30% / Writing and English Conventions: 20% / Visual Supplements: 20% 

Optional additional assessment (perhaps extra credit):
Book Reports on literature depicting the period and relationships.
See resources for suggested titles.

The student deduces information about the slave trade in the southern colonies by studying a reproduction of a handbill for the sale of slaves.  The student draws from the studies about the slave trade by writing a short essay explaining why slaves were used in the South; how slaves found ways to resist slavery in their day to day lives; what slavery's effects were on slave families; and how slaves developed a culture to survive.  The essays are assessed according to a predetermined scoring guide.