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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 11

Indigenous Peoples, Colonization and Exchange

Learners begin US history long before 1607, with the diverse societies of Native North America. They compare Spanish, French, Dutch and English colonial projects, analyze encounters through Indigenous diplomacy, alliances and resistance (from the Powhatan Confederacy to the Pueblo Revolt and Metacom's War), and trace how English colonies moved from indentured servitude to hereditary, race-based slavery.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Encounters and colonization check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, pin a map, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Describe the diversity of Native North American societies before European colonization and how environments shaped them.
  • Compare the goals, labor systems and relations with Native peoples of Spanish, French, Dutch and English colonies.
  • Analyze encounters from Indigenous perspectives, including diplomacy, alliance and armed resistance.
  • Explain how and why English colonies developed hereditary, race-based slavery.

Lessons

  1. Native North America before 1600 5 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  2. Comparing colonial projects 5 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  3. Encounters and Indigenous agency 5 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  4. From servitude to slavery 5 steps4 practiceabout 31 min
  5. Encounters and colonization check 9 questions at the end

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