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From the blog of Dani Ishai Behan at The Times of Israel

Much of her Cold War work on missiles is still classified today

Overview of Native American activism since the late 1960s, including protests at Mt. Rushmore, Alcatraz, Standing Rock, and more.

Expanding Borders-Western Expansion Social Studies Unit, which works for both print and Google Drive™, investigates and helps gain an understanding of how the United States expanded its borders to the west and investigates the conflict that resulted with the Indigenous Peoples. Geared as a unit in the 5th-grade study of United States History. This download contains both a printable format as well as a Google Drive™ compatible format and includes: Cover sheet in both color and black and white. Links to helpful online resources. Informational Slideshow Presentation to use for instruction. Guide with links to Google Drive file and instructions on how to use. IntelliNotes™ format to use when you are short on time. A tutorial guide showing how to make all printable foldable activities. Vocabulary, both filled and blank for you to add your own words. **This is the only editable portion of the file. “Stars of Expanding Borders” Activity Pioneers Activity Troubles Grow/British Conflicts Activity The War of 1812 Activity The Monroe Doctrine Activity Election of 1828 Activity The Indian Removal Act & Trail of Tears Activity End of unit assessment (in both a printable & Google Forms format) Answer keys for all included activities →Please check out the preview to see examples of everything included in this download. ******************************************************************************** Buy this product as part of The Young Republic Interactive Notebook Bundle or the Growing Nation Mega Bundle and SAVE! Click here to read about how to use these social studies resources and download a free sample on my blog. Find even more savings when you buy this product as part of the United States History to 1900 Full Year Curriculum Bundle and save 25% over the individual unit prices. ******************************************************************************** © Google Inc. All rights reserved. Google and the Google Logo are registered trademarks of Google Inc. The Teaching Bank® is an independent company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google Inc.

In the early years of the American Revolution, war in the northern theater raged in Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. The southern theater looked far different. From Virginia to Georgia, newly elected Revolutionary governments and self-styled Patriots looked west at the trans-Appalachian region, hoping to finally traverse the stern border the British had set. […]

Overview of the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation in the 1830s of Native Americans from the southeastern U.S. to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

Having more than one wife was an established part of life for some Native peoples before Europeans tried to end the practice.

Native American Zia Pottery by Ruby Panana Description: Native American Massive Traditional Zia Pottery Storage Jar by Ruby Panana. A fantastic piece and all hand made by traditional pottery methods. Dimensions: 16'w x 14’h. Condition: Excellent Condition. Provenance: Charles King Gallery, Scottsdale Az. ----------------- Ruby Panana is a member of the Coyote Clan at Zia Pueblo. She was born on April 8, 1954, the daughter of the great potter Seferina Pino Bell who taught her the art of forming clay into magnificent works of craftsmanship. Ruby went through the fourth grade at the Zia Day School and then went to Albuquerque for her higher grades. She attended West Mesa High School. While in high school, she helped her mother with her pottery, and then began to make some small pieces on her own. She got "bored" and went on to the University of Albuquerque working towards a teaching degree. But at that point, her scholarship money did not cover her expenses, so she had to quit college. Ruby has been active at her craft since 1983. Although she lives at Jemez Pueblo, Ruby creates some of the largest traditional pottery of Zia in the manner of Trinidad Medina and Sofia Medina. Her work consists of poly chrome jars, bowls, wedding vases, vases and canteens. But she is best known for the size of her pottery that ends up as large, impressive impeccably painted work or true art. Ruby's talent has been recognized repeatedly in juried competitions of American Indian pottery. Her first ribbon was a FIRST PLACE in the New Mexico State Fair in 1985 and she has been winning awards ever since. She won both a First Place and Second Place in 1998 at Indian Market in Santa Fe and more recently won the JUDGE'S AWARD in March 1999 at the Heard Museum Guild Market.(Source: Fine Pueblo Pottery) ---------- A History of Pueblo Pottery: “Pueblo pottery is made using a coiled technique that came into northern Arizona and New Mexico from the south, some 1500 years ago. In the four-corners region of the US, nineteen pueblos and villages have historically produced pottery. Although each of these pueblos use similar traditional methods of coiling, shaping, finishing and firing, the pottery from each is distinctive. Various clay's gathered from each pueblo’s local sources produce pottery colors that range from buff to earthy yellows, oranges, and reds, as well as black. Fired pots are sometimes left plain and other times decorated—most frequently with paint and occasionally with appliqué. Painted designs vary from pueblo to pueblo, yet share an ancient iconography based on abstract representations of clouds, rain, feathers, birds, plants, animals and other natural world features. Tempering materials and paints, also from natural sources, contribute further to the distinctiveness of each pueblo’s pottery. Some paints are derived from plants, others from minerals. Before firing, potters in some pueblos apply a light colored slip to their pottery, which creates a bright background for painted designs or simply a lighter color plain ware vessel. Designs are painted on before firing, traditionally with a brush fashioned from yucca fiber. Different combinations of paint color, clay color, and slips are characteristic of different pueblos. Among them are black on cream, black on buff, black on red, dark brown and dark red on white (as found in Zuni pottery), matte red on red, and polychrome—a number of natural colors on one vessel (most typically associated with Hopi). Pueblo potters also produce undecorated polished black ware, black on black ware, and carved red and carved black wares. Making pueblo pottery is a time-consuming effort that includes gathering and preparing the clay, building and shaping the coiled pot, gathering plants to make the colored dyes, constructing yucca brushes, and, often, making a clay slip. While some Pueblo artists fire in kilns, most still fire in the traditional way in an outside fire pit, covering their vessels with large potsherds and dried sheep dung. Pottery is left to bake for many hours, producing a high-fired result. Today, Pueblo potters continue to honor this centuries-old tradition of hand-coiled pottery production, yet value the need for contemporary artistic expression as well. They continue to improve their style, methods and designs, often combining traditional and contemporary techniques to create striking new works of art.” (Source: Museum of Northern Arizona) ---------- View the other items in my shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CulturalPatina?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav

When Mary Rowlandson awoke on February 10, 1675, the village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was already on fire. For two hours, Rowlandson's family fought to protect their home from marauding Narragansett Indians. Finally, their little house was set ablaze, and the Rowlandsons fled into the open, where Mary and her three children were taken captive. So begins one of the most harrowing and unforgettable captivity narratives in the history of American literature. For eleven weeks, Mary and her surviving children traveled the wilderness with their captors, an arduous ordeal that tested the limits of her faith, and taught her the true meaning of empathy. A thrilling story packed with fascinating details about Native American customs and culture, Mary Rowlandson's account was an immediate bestseller when first published in 1682 and is a must-read for students of American history. | Author: Rowlandson, | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | Publication Date: Mar 29, 2018 | Number of Pages: 26 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1986934160 | ISBN-13: 9781986934169

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I have received a number of emails asking how History is going this year, so I thought I would take a few minutes to finally post pictures of what the boys have been working on these past few months. Connecting with History Volume II is broken into 7 Units. Since Unit 1 is broken into […]

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Kids will love making a PVC Tepee and their own FREE reader in this fun, hands on Native Americans Plains Tribes Lesson for elementary age kids.

Making History Come Alive On a cool fall day we parked our car in a freshly mowed area of the state park, one that did not appear familiar with human visitors. From there we followed the mowed lane down into the campgrounds area looking for the camp host, or booshway, as they are called by their fellow reenactors. Boos