TABLE OF CONTENTS
PENNSYLVANIA’ S NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
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*Assessing Your Students’ Conception of Native Americans |
| *Stepping Back into Time with the Jesuit and Moravian Missionaries |
| *Understanding the Diversity of Native American Cultures |
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*Recognizing Roots of Democracy in the Iroquois Confederacy |
| *Understanding the Importance of Wampum Belts |
| *Discovering Indian Contributions to American Medicine |
| *Imagining an Indian Childhood in Pennsylvania |
| *Introducing Your Students to the Delaware Language |
| *Holding a Pennsylvania Indian Festival Discovering Famous Indians in Pennsylvania. |
| *Practicing the Indian Art of Storytelling |
| *Learning from the Eloquence of the Indian Spoken Word |
| *Understanding the Value of Writing |
| *Becoming Historical Detectives |
| *Holding a Mock Trial for the Heirs of William Penn |
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| FRONTIER LIFE IN PENNSYLVANIA |
| *Understanding the Importance of Flax |
| *Playing the Pennsylvania Tall Tales Game |
| *Hunting on the Frontier: Indian’s Approach vs. White Man’s |
| *Imagining Childhood on the Pennsylvania Frontier |
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*understanding the Impact of the Fur Trade |
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*African on the Pennsylvania Frontier |
| *putting on an Antiques Road Show |
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*Examining Whites in Captivity: The Story of Mary Jemison |
| *Learning About Women on the Frontier: |
| *Women’s Rights in Indian and European Cultures |
| *Examining God on the Frontier |
| *Ta a Journey on a Conestoga Wagon |
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*Going Back to the Days of the Pack Horse |
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| THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR |
| *Learning How Less Can Be More |
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*Understanding the Role of Gift Giving in the French and Indian War |
| *Why Go to War Over a Beaver? |
| *Playing Peacemakers |
| *Exploring the Dangers of Stereotyping |
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*Examining the Life of a Soldier in the French and Indian War |
| *Underscoring the Importance of Truth in History |
| *Analyzing Leadership Skills |
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*Reflecting on the Power of Music |
| *Revisiting the Battle of Bushy Run |
| *Examining Pontiac’s Role in History |
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*Creating Tecumseh, the “Shooting Star” |
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*Discovering the Story of the 14 Colony |
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| A TEN—DAY HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES UNIT |
| Day 1 The Pennsylvania Frontier |
| Day 2 The Fur Traders |
| Day 3 George Washington Travels to the Backwoods of Pennsylvania |
| Day 4 The Beginning of the French and Indian War |
| Day 5 Fort Necessity |
| Day 6 Braddock Becomes Commander- in-Chief |
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Day 7 Christian Frederick Post’s Diplomatic Mission |
| Day 8 Forbes Arrives at Fort Duquesne |
| Day 9 Pontiac’s War, Siege of Fort Pitt, Battle of Bushy Run |
| Day 10 Settlers in the Backwoods of Pennsylvania |