**Students examine the causes, events and consequences of the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. **

The lesson resources include:

• 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every American West lesson!
• 1 x Main Power Point Lesson

The 23 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Bighorn Warm Up - How would the US Army have an advantage over the Sioux Warriors and how would the Sioux Warriors have an advantage over the US Army?
• Slide 3-4: Starter - Students have a choice of two painting to discuss what they can infer from them about the Battle of Little Bighorn. Prompt questions included.
• Slide 5: Map Analysis Starter - Students infer information about the Battle of Little Bighorn from a battle map.
• Slide 6-7: Recap - A three activity gap fill covering the events of Little Crow’s War, the Sand Creek Massacre and Red Cloud’s War. Answers and printable resources included.
• Slide 8-11: Background information covering the causes, events and significance of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
• Slide 12-13: Task 1 - A table fill activity which allows students to make notes on the causes, events and consequences of the battle. Includes printable resource.
• Slide 14: Task 2 - A comprehension style question sheet based on the fact sheet - ready to print.
• Slide 15: Creative writing opportunity as a journalist for the New York Times covering the events.
• Slide 16: Follow up challenge questions with written source analysis.
• Slide 17-19: Learning Review - Printable crossword with answers
• Slide 20: Fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 21: Example assessment/exam questions
• Slide 22: More from RA Resources

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