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Materials Related to Powhatan Indians

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We Have a Story to Tell: Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region
by National Museum of the American Indian
http://americanindian.si.edu/education/files/chesapeake.pdf

Teacher guide for use with students in grades 9-12 that provides information and primary resource materials related to key periods and events in the history of the Algonquian communities of the Chesapeake Bay Region, especially the Powhatan, Nanticoke, and Piscataway peoples. Curriculum materials cover the period from the 1600s to the present and focus on how colonial settlement and the establishment of the United States have affected Chesapeake Bay Native Americans. With lesson plans, small group projects, and activities, the guide also introduces contemporary issues that are critical for these communities' survival, such as civil rights and the importance of legal recognition. Meets national curriculum standards for U.S. History and Social Studies. (28 p. PDF)

Grade Level: 9-12	Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture; Geography
Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans; Activities	Language: English
Subjects: Geography; History; Indians of North America; Colonialism; Algonquian Indians; Piscataway Indians; Civil rights; Nanticoke Indians; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Social life and customs; Powhatan Indians; United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Social life and customs Geographic locations: Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.); Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Virginia; Maryland

Sponsoring Organization:
National Museum of the American Indian
Fourth Street & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington DC 20560
(202) 633-6996
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

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