Most often it takes a little more than reading out of a textbook for students to really connect with whatever content their learning. Luckily, in social studies we teachers have quite a few options that can help us bring history to life.
For our historical artifacts assignment in class, I decided to show third grade students what some of the Native Americans in Indiana were like. I brought in pictures of where each tribe of Native Americans lived, what their homes and communities looked like, and a painting depicting their fight against the European settlers.
I think these are incredibly important for students to see in order to make this subject more real to them. Many students don't have any sort of background knowledge of Native Americans, so giving them visuals really help them to understand their culture better.
There are many great resources on this topic; Connor Prairie has an interesting site with tons of pictures to show students.
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