Native Americans: Mound Builders
These sites are about ancient mounds built by a group of Native Americans referred to as Mound Builders. The tribes include the Mississippi, Hopewell, and Adena. View photographs of these mounds and find out how and why they were built.
Grades
- 3,
- 4,
- 5,
- 6,
- 7,
- 8
Links
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Teaching About American Indians: Stereotypes and Contributions
This learning unit on American Indians explores stereotypes of native americans and contributions they have made to American Culture; including the myth of the moundbuilders.
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Teacher's Guide: Moundbuilders
This 33 page guide to the Moundbuilders includes: theme introduction, origins,native knowledge, community, governance, the Game of Chunkey, resource list, standards correlations, and learning activities.
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Teacher's Guide for Ancient History: America's Prehistoric Civilizations: The Mound Builders
This lesson on America's Prehistoric Civilizations focuses on the Mound Builders; includes: an introduction; early native americans; poverty point;Woodland Mound Builders;and Missippi Mound Builders.
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NPS: Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
Read about the Mississippi tribe whose members built large mounds.
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ThinkQuest: A String of Beads
Learn more about the mound builders. Click on "Mound Types" to find out the differences between mounds. This site focuses on the Adena and Hopewell tribes.
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Indian Mounds of Mississippi
This National Park Service site has a lot of information about mounds and includes a map of some located in Mississipi. Click on the links at the bottom to find out how the mounds were built and how they have been preserved.
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West Virginia Archives and History
This site has a short article about mounds and the people who built them.
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Mound Builders of Ohio
Click on the images to view two sketches showing mounds in Ohio.
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Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society
This is an article about the mounds that the settlers encountered.
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