8th Grade Tribal History Lesson Plans

​Tribal Sovereignty - An Inherent Right

G8 SS Lesson Plan Tribal Sovereignty

Additional Materials

• ​G8 SS Slides Tribal Sovereignty
  
• G8 SS ​Oregon Historical Society Student Magazine
• G8 SS ​Overview of the Nine Tribes
• G8 SS ​Map: Tribes and Bands of Traditional Oregon 1750-1850
• G8 SS ​Map: Nine Federally Recognized Tribes 
• G8 SS ​Map: Western US Tribal Territories 
• G8 SS ​Map: 1846 Oregon Territory
• G8 SS ​Map: Federal Lands and Indian Reservations
• G8 SS ​US Constitution Photo
• G8 SS ​Oregon Tribes Journal ​Reflection
  
• G8 SS ​Sovereignty Video ​Graphic Organizer
  
• G8 SS ​Diversity Among Oregon Tribes Poster Rubric​​​​​​​
  

Cultural Assimilation and Indian Boarding Schools

G8 SS Lesson Plan Cultural Assimilation and Indian Boarding Schools

Additional Materials​

• G8 SS Slides Cultural Assimilation and Indian Boarding Schools
  
• G8 SS ​Active Reading Worksheet: Chemawa
  
• G8 SS ​Active Reading Worksheet: Reddick
• G8 SS ​Chemawa Letter
• G8 SS ​Chemawa Indian Boarding School
  
• G8 SS ​OPB Chemawa Article​
  

The Importance of Treaties

G8 SS Lesson Plan Importance of Treaties

Additional Materials

• G8 SS Slides Importance of Treaties
  
• G8 SS ​Ancestral Territory Map
• G8 SS ​Argument Rubric
  
• G8 SS ​Argument Paper Format
• G8 SS ​Citation Hunt​
• G8 SS ​Cow Creek Resource Links
  
• G8 SS ​The Cow Creek Story
• G8 SS ​Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Treaty of 1853 Close Reading
• G8 SS ​Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Treaty of 1853 Claims and Evidence
• G8 SS ​End of Lesson Journal
• G8 SS ​​Vocabulary Graphic Organizer​