Iroquois Council: Choosing Sides

In this simulation, elementary or middle school students convene as an Iroquois council in upstate New York, 1777. British agents are trying to convince Iroquois nations to take their side in the Revolutionary War.

https://www.consource.org/static/lesson-plans/make-a-nation-revolution/05_Iroquois_Council-Choosing_Sides.pdf
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Resource provided by ConSource: The Constitutional Sources Project

Grades

4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Subjects

History

Resource Types

Research (Digests of Primary Sources), Simulation

Teaching Strategies

Debate, Simulation/Role-play, Case Study, Whole Class Deliberation

Duration

50 minutes

Tags

American Revolution, Native American History, Iroquois Confederacy, indigenous peoples, American Indians