American West L17-L18 – The Plains Indians Wars

This lesson contains:
A starter with a match up exercise to match the year, the Act signed against eh Indians and the effect of the Act. Leads onto the Indians War lesson.
A task for students to create a mind map of why Indians lives changed. Student sake notes from the on-board slides (which can also be printed if you prefer) on Gold, Cattle and Railways.
An introduction into the steps that usually occurred starting each war and ending with a reduction in Indian Land.
A task to take notes, on the A3 worksheet provided, on Little Crows War. There is a YouTube video and on-board support to help students fill in the relevant section.
A further task on the Sand Creek Massacre using a combination of on-board information, a YouTube video and word bank for the gap fill.
An activity to use the information provided to complete the sections on Red Cloud’s War.
A choice of two plenaries: one to review and peer mark and exemplar, another to explain the most important event in the form of writing a news program for the BBC.
 
Attachments
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
2 x Publisher Files