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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 3

Indigenous Histories and Contemporary Communities

Third graders learn about Cahokia, a great Mississippian city near present-day Collinsville, Illinois; the Native nations of the Illinois country and how they lived with the land through the seasons; how treaties and forced removal in the 1800s took most Native land in Illinois; and the Native nations and Chicago's Native community that continue today.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 85 minutes
  • Indigenous histories check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, place on a number line, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Describe Cahokia, a large Mississippian city in what is now Illinois, and explain how archaeologists learn about it.
  • Describe how Native nations of the Illinois country, such as the Illinois Confederacy, lived with the land through the seasons.
  • Explain how treaties and forced removal in the early 1800s took most Native lands in Illinois, including different perspectives at the time.
  • Recognize that Native nations with ties to Illinois are living, self-governing nations today, and identify Native contributions visible in Illinois.

Lessons

  1. Cahokia: a great city 5 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  2. Nations of the Illinois country 5 steps3 practiceabout 20 min
  3. Treaties and removal 5 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  4. Still here today 4 steps2 practiceabout 21 min
  5. Indigenous histories check 10 questions at the end

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