**This lesson covers the ‘Indian Wars’ between 1862-68 including Little Crow’s War, the Sand Creek Massacre and Red Cloud’s War. **

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 2-3: Warm Up 1 - Students identify one weapon not commonly used by the indigenous peoples. Further facts and answer given.
• Slide 4-5: Warm Up 2 - Which could fire furthest - rifle or arrow?
• Slide 6: Warm Up 3 - A discussion thinking about the advantages and disadvantages the US Army and indigenous peoples would have in war.
• Slide 7-8: Recap - 9 questions covering why there was increasing tensions between the indigenous peoples by the 1860s. Answers given.
• Slide 9: Background information about the increasing tensions and problems experienced by the indigenous peoples.
• Slide 10: Task Option 1 - A printable worksheet based on the fact sheet
• Slide 11: Task Option 2 - A printable table fill activity
• Slide 12-14: Task Option 3 - Printable storyboards for each conflict
• Slide 15: Follow up challenge questions
• Slide 16: Learning Review 1 - An illustration analysis from the Sand Creek Massacre
• Slide 17-19: Learning Review 1 - Students given a table of 25 key terms and they need to decide which conflict they best match to. Answers and printable worksheet included.
• Side 20: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 21: Example assessment/exam questions
• Slide 22: Narrative Account planner
• Slide 23: More from RA Resources

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