Showing posts with label Native Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Native Americans. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Teaching Pennsylvania History: Part 3: Native Americans

Different things students can do:

  • Look up pictures of Native Americans by these artists: Robert Griffing, John Buxton, Jack Paluk, and Andrew Knez Jr.
  • Read one of the novels about captivity among the Indians. (Captives: Mary Jemison, Catharine Carey, Regina Hartman)
  • Read accounts by early travelers, settlers, or missionaries who wrote about the Indians: Jesuit missionaries, Moravians, David Zeisburger, Conrad Weiser, John Heckewelder, and David Brainerd.
  • Make a timeline about the historical events
  • Visit local landmarks. Add local dates to timeline.
  • Make a list of names from your area that came from Indian names.
  • Visit the Harrisburg State Museum Indian exhibit. read more