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Early Encounters between Native Americans and Europeans
From: Gilder Lehrman
12 primary sources (including 7 docs, 4 drawings, and 1 chart) mostly on European perceptions of Native Americans, although one doc contains the perceptions of a Native American man observing Europeans. The primary source documents are a half page to 1.5 pages each. Students read the docs in groups then answer questions
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Grade Level: HS, (College)
Remote Ready: With Modifications
Time: 2 Class Periods for All Docs and Questions
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Length of Reading: Pages
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Early Encounters between Native Americans and Europeans
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Grade Level: (MS), (HS), (College)
- This lesson is recommended for high school students.
- We put college in parentheses because we think it would be excellent for college students as well.
Remote Ready: With Modifications
- Links to the reading assignments can easily be emailed or posted for students.
- It’s much easier for small groups or pairs to coordinate a phone call or video conference meeting than for the entire class to sync their schedules. Have these small groups post answers, a synopsis, or a video of their discussion to your LMS.
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers online rather than in an email or on a worksheet. Or if a graphic organizer is amazingly well done, you could have your students take a picture of their completed work and email it to you.
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