{"id":1338,"date":"2025-07-26T05:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T05:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discover.hubpages.com\/education\/American-Indians-and-Columbus"},"modified":"2025-07-26T05:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T05:28:33","slug":"native-americans-columbus-hands-on-lesson-plan-for-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"Native Americans &amp; Columbus Hands-on Lesson Plan for Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><time datetime=\"2025-07-26T01:28:33-04:00\" title=\"Jul 26, 2025\">Jul 26, 2025<\/time><br \/><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hands on American History: Native Americans and Columbus\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/adcf0877253e45e48a6b3650eb64dadb.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hands on American History: Native Americans and Columbus<\/p>\n<p>This is the first lesson in a series of 27 lessons covering American History through 1865 with a 8 bonus lessons going through World War II. This week covers Geography, Native Americans, and Columbus. I used these lessons while teaching a 45 minute history class for children in Kindergarten, 1st, &amp; 2nd grades. Each lesson includes a biography report, history notebook page, history song, our favorite children&#8217;s books, YouTube video, a history joke, &amp; a variety of hands-on activities to make each lesson engaging &amp; memorable. Use these fun lessons with your classroom, homeschool, after-school program, or co-op!<\/p>\n<h2>Needed Class Supplies<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Needed Class Supplies: 3-ring binder, glue stick, scissors, and crayons\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/93a151f3d8b22154dbab1efb60a13123.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Needed Class Supplies: 3-ring binder, glue stick, scissors, and crayons<\/p>\n<p>For the class each child will need to bring each week a 3-ring binder, glue stick, scissors, and crayons.<\/p>\n<h2>Introductions and Geography<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Finding locations on a world map\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/dddf0a89cd07d4c5634ef790913299c7.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finding locations on a world map<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Welcome to the fun class, Hands-on Adventures Through American History!<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Introductions: Everyone shares their names and what they\u2019d like to get for their birthday (or more simply, something they like). Today we\u2019re going to talk about the birthday of our country, or rather, how our country started. First let\u2019s try to find our country on a map.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>World Map Work:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Pass out a map of the world to each child.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Have everyone put their finger on the Atlantic Ocean and repeat, \u201cAtlantic Ocean.\u201d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Have everyone put their finger on the Pacific Ocean and repeat, \u201cPacific Ocean.\u201d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Have everyone put their finger on North America and repeat, \u201cNorth America.\u201d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Have everyone put their finger on [the state you live in] and repeat, \u201c[Your state\u2019s name].\u201d<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Use one of your crayons to color in the United States, which is the country in which we live.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Even though this map is flat, is our world flat? No! It&#8217;s a sphere\/ball shape like this, but this ball wouldn&#8217;t easily fit in your binder, would it? That&#8217;s why we use flat maps. They&#8217;re easier for us to take around with us.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>On this globe, here is the Atlantic Ocean, here is the Pacific Ocean, here is North America, &amp; here is [the state you live in].<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>YOU WILL NEED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a copy of a map of the world for each student (with a map of the US printed on the back side) &#8211; Make sure to use a 3 hole punch on it so they can put it in their history binders.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>a globe (I used an inflatable one)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Reading About North American Tribes<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"american-indians-and-columbus\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/17fe4f5fd0179d6c1e750ac155234bd9.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>We live in a country called the United States of America, but before our country existed, there were already lots of people living in North America: Native Americans also called Americans Indians. They lived in various tribes. Read parts of <em>North American Indians<\/em> by Marie and Douglas Gorsline.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>YOU WILL NEED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>North American Indians<\/em> by Marie and Douglas Gorsline or other book on North American Indians<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Native American Map<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Native American Map\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/6ad8c751ec650fa975f26023856fb669.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Native American Map<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Native America Map:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Flip over the world map to the other side that has a map of America.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Children should paste a picture of deer, longhouse, wigwam, bison, teepee, pueblo dwelling, &amp; totem pole to the general location on the map of where they would be found.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>As children paste each picture, remind them about the tribes in that area.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Have each child place their paper in their American History 3-ring binder.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><strong>YOU WILL NEED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>a<\/em> map of America printed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalmap.gov\/small_scale\/printable\/reference.html#list\">States (Unlabeled) map at this site<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>a picture of each item for the children to paste on their maps. I copied the below photos from online images, pasted them in a Word document, shrunk them to be about the same size, printed them, and cut them:<br \/>Deer: http:\/\/coloringhome.com\/white-tailed-deer-coloring-pages-to-print<br \/>Longhouse: http:\/\/www.crystalinks.com\/iroquois.html<br \/>Wigwam: http:\/\/freecoloringpages.co.uk\/ <br \/>Bison: http:\/\/www.wildlife-animals.com\/buffalo\/buffalo-coloring-pages.php<br \/>Teepee: https:\/\/chipsofftheoldblock.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/lets-lapbook-native-american-study.html<br \/>Pueblo: http:\/\/jenkellerart.blogspot.com\/2012_06_01_archive.html <br \/>Totem Pole: http:\/\/coloring-style.net\/coloring\/totem-pole-printables.html<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Marco Polo &amp; Columbus<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The 3 S\u2019s that inspired Marco Polo &amp; Christopher Columbus: spices, sparkly things, &amp; opportunities to spread God\u2019s word\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/265b84a09dcfc6967d08c475acdc5928.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 3 S\u2019s that inspired Marco Polo &amp; Christopher Columbus: spices, sparkly things, &amp; opportunities to spread God\u2019s word<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Eventually in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue searching for 3 S\u2019s: <strong>spices<\/strong>, <strong>sparkly things<\/strong>, &amp; opportunities to <strong>spread God\u2019s word<\/strong>. He was trying to reach China so he could get the spices and sparkly things and spread God&#8217;s word. Around 1270 an Italian man named Marco Polo went to China. [Point out China on a globe.] He brought back wonderful spices [let the children smell some nutmeg and cinnamon] and sparkly things like the jewels [show the necklace]. Most importantly, he was a Christian, and he wanted the people of China to hear about Jesus and the Bible [show a Bible]. It was a long journey, mainly walking across the land, to get to China, and it was really dangerous because there were lots of thieves along the way. 150 years later people like Christopher Columbus thought that maybe you could get to China by a boat by sailing the other way around the world to get to China. [Point on the globe.] What\u2019s in the way, though? Yes, North and South America are right here! Well, Columbus didn\u2019t know that. He thought he\u2019d made it to the same place Marco Polo had visited&#8230;but he wasn&#8217;t in China. Do you know where he was? America!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>YOU WILL NEED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a globe<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>spices (such as cinnamon, cloves, &amp;\/or nutmeg)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>jewelry with (fake) jewels<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>a Bible<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Student Biography Report: Christopher Columbus<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Biography report on Christopher Columbus \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/2c72e80dd51ebaf8349810f92cd7e4dc.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biography report on Christopher Columbus <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Each week a different child will do a 2-3 minute presentation on someone we\u2019re learning about that week. This week we will be hearing about Christopher Columbus. (Because it was the first day of class, I had one of my children do the class presentation.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Marco Polo Spice Cookies<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Molasses Spice Cookies\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/1af6e585f7243ea34194f61711fb2d56.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Molasses Spice Cookies<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Allow children to each have a Marco Polo Spice Cookie to remind them about the spices that Columbus was searching for. Aren\u2019t they tasty? Would you try to travel around the world to get the spices needed for these cookies?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>YOU WILL NEED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a spice cookie for each child (I used this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.food.com\/recipe\/soft-molasses-spice-cookies-72853\">Molasses Spice Cookie recipe<\/a>, adding a dash of pepper since it was an important seasoning sought after from the Orient.)<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Review &amp; First Day of Class Photos<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"First Day of Class photos\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/e1e5bb85ec8fa678dc9c3cfbe740263b.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First Day of Class photos<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Review:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Open your binder to your world map. Point to the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, &amp; [the state you live in].<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Let&#8217;s go around the room. I want you to each tell me something you learned about the Native Americans tribes we learned about today.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Can anyone tell me the 3 S&#8217;s that motivated Christopher Columbus to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Who can tell me something else about Christopher Columbus?<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Take a photo of each student in the glass holding the globe (showing North America). Then take a class photo of everyone together.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Assign a child the biography report for next week: Pocahontas. (It\u2019s easiest to just assign weekly reports in alphabetical order by students\u2019 first names.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Picture Book to Read Each Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Optional Homework<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Very First Americans (All Aboard Books) by Cara Ashrose - All book images are from amazon .com.\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/9bebac9d3bcc8dd061a9998b60cbfa02.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"D Is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet (Alphabet Books) by Michael Shoulders \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/efc1e49e0d83076ba4eaf585c2058bae.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marco Polo by Demi\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjQ5MzQ0NDUzNjQ5ODMz\/american-indians-and-columbus.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Christopher Columbus (Step into Reading) by Stephen Krensky\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjQ5MzQ0NDUzNzE1MzY5\/american-indians-and-columbus.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjQ5MzQ0NDUzMzg3Njg5\/american-indians-and-columbus.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"You Wouldn't Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus!: Uncharted Waters You'd Rather Not Cross by Fiona MacDonald \" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MTc2MjQ5MzQ0NDUzNzgwOTA1\/american-indians-and-columbus.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Animals Christopher Columbus Saw: An Adventure in the New World by Sandra Markle\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_80\/MjA5MDYxODc5OTA4MTQ5MDky\/american-indians-and-columbus.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Very First Americans (All Aboard Books) by Cara Ashrose &#8211; All book images are from amazon .com.<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 7<\/p>\n<p>We love the Charlotte Mason approach of reading living books and also appreciate Sarah Mackenzie&#8217;s Read Aloud Revival, so we spend a good portion of each day reading quality picture books related to our history subject of the week. We read through huge stacks of books and these were our favorite:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0448401681\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">The Very First Americans<\/a> (All Aboard Books) by Cara Ashrose<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1585362743\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">D Is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet <\/a>by Michael Shoulders [do note this has a shorter section you can read if you have younger children and a more in depth section you can include if your children have a longer attention span]<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/842613761X\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Marco Polo<\/a> by Demi [though my children preferred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0531213277\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">You Wouldn&#8217;t Want to Explore with Marco Polo!: A Really Long Trip You&#8217;d Rather Not Take<\/a> by Jacqueline Morley]<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679803696\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Christopher Columbus <\/a>(Step into Reading 3) by Stephen Krensky<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679806288\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus <\/a>by Peter Sis<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005HJPU54\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">Animals Christopher Columbus Saw: An Adventure in the New World<\/a> by Sandra Markle<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0531228533\/?tag=hubacct7155-20\">You Wouldn&#8217;t Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus!: Uncharted Waters You&#8217;d Rather Not Cross<\/a> by Fiona MacDonald<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<h2>Optional Homework: Memorize a History Sentence Song About Columbus<\/h2>\n<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image credit: http:\/\/officialshoebox.tumblr.com\/\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/fddecada8bfd460b9440128f8362a8b7.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image credit: http:\/\/officialshoebox.tumblr.com\/<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for all of my American History Lessons?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>(Links to my middle school level<\/p>\n<p>American History lessons can be found at https:\/\/hubpages.com\/education\/ColonialismWeeks3-8 .)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>AMERICAN HISTORY FOR EARLY ELEMENTARY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-Indians-and-Columbus\">Native Americans &amp; Columbus Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Jamestown-Lesson-for-Kids\">Jamestown Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Pilgrims-Lesson-for-Kids\">Pilgrims Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/13-Colonies-Lesson\">Thirteen Colonies Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/French-and-Indian-War-Lesson\">French and Indian War Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-Colonial-Period\">Colonial Period &amp; Revolution Rumblings Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Boston-Massacre-and-Boston-Tea-Party\">Boston Massacre &amp; Boston Tea Party Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Declaration-of-Independence-Lesson\">First Shots &amp; Declaration of Independence Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-War-for-Independence-Battles\">American War for Independence Battles Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Valley-Forge-Lesson\">Valley Forge &amp; Battle of Yorktown Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-War-for-Independence-Review\">American Literature Lesson &amp; American War for Independence Review<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Colonial-Christmas-Party-for-Kids\">Colonial Christmas Party<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Constitution-Lesson\">Constitution Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Branches-of-Government\">Three Branches of Government Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/President-George-Washington-Lesson\">President George Washington Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Jefferson-and-Louisiana-Purchase-Lesson\">Louisiana Purchase Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/War-of-1812-Lesson\">War of 1812 Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Monroe-Doctrine-Lesson-for-Kids\">Monroe Doctrine Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Andrew-Jackson-and-Indian-Removal-Act-Lesson\">Trail of Tears Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Oregon-Trail-and-Alamo-Lesson\">Oregon Trail &amp; Battle of Alamo Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/California-Gold-Rush-Lesson\">California Gold Rush &amp; Pony Express Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/American-Industrial-Revolution-Lesson\">American Industrial Revolution Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Underground-Railroad-Lesson\">Underground Railroad Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Abolitionists-and-Suffragists-Lesson\">Abolitionists &amp; Women Suffragists Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Civil-War-Lesson\">Civil War: The Confederate States &amp; Abraham Lincoln Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/Civil-War-Battles-Lesson\">Civil War Battles Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/US-History-End-of-Year-Party\">Civil War Party &amp; End of Year Review Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BONUS LESSONS<\/strong> (if you have room for a few extra classes):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/reconstruction-lesson-plan-for-children\">Reconstruction Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/wild-west-lesson-plan\">Wild West Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/immigrants-lesson-plan\">Immigrants Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/tycoons-and-theodore-roosevelt-lesson\">Tycoons &amp; Theodore Roosevelt Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/world-war-i-lesson\">World War I Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/roaring-twenties-lesson\">Roaring Twenties Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/great-depression-and-new-deal-lesson\">Great Depression and the 1930s Lesson<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/world-war-ii-lesson\">World War II Lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALL MY LESSONS<\/strong>:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/fun-hands-on-unit-studies\">Fun, Free Hands-on Unit Studies (My Lessons in All Subjects)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a9 2018 Shannon<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Comments<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Shannon (author)<\/strong> from Florida on September 21, 2020:<\/p>\n<p>Alice, you&#8217;re welcome! I&#8217;m so happy you&#8217;ve found the lesson to be helpful!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alice Walker<\/strong> on September 21, 2020:<\/p>\n<p>Shannon thank you SO much! This is all a lot of work to put together- it will be so helpful for my family!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 26, 2025 Hands on American History: Native Americans and Columbus This is the first lesson in a series of 27 lessons covering American History through 1865 with a 8 bonus lessons going through World War II. This week covers Geography, Native Americans, and Columbus. 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