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Compare Indigenous Historical Sources
Practice comparing Indigenous historical perspectives with 10 problems, an answer key, and a printable PDF for Grade 5.
10 problems · Standards: D2.His.6.3-5 · Difficulty: hard
✅ Answer key included · ✅ Free for home & classroom use
Highlights
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Subject
- social-studies
- Pages
- 4 · worksheet + answer key
- Answer key
- ✅ Included
- Class time
- about 15 min
What's inside
- 1. Source A is written by a Lakota elder describing her community's harvest traditions. Source B is written by a government agent visiting the same community. Which source is more likely to include details about the spiritual meaning of the harvest?
- 2. Source A is a newspaper article from 1890 calling Indigenous people 'vanishing.' Source B is a modern website by Ojibwe citizens showing their thriving community today. What does Source B prove about Source A's claim?
- 3. Source A is a treaty written by U.S. officials in English. Source B is an oral history by Nez Perce leaders about the same treaty. Source A says the tribe agreed to move. Source B says leaders were threatened and misled. Why might these sources differ?
- 4. A museum display from 1950 describes Wampanoag people only in the past tense. A 2020 exhibit created with Wampanoag citizens uses present tense and includes interviews with current tribal members. What important information does the older exhibit leave out?
- 5. Source A is a diary by a missionary describing a Tlingit potlatch ceremony as 'wasteful.' Source B is a written account by Tlingit hosts explaining the potlatch distributes wealth and honors relationships. What does comparing these sources teach us about bias?
- 6. Source A is a textbook from 1960 saying that European settlers 'discovered empty land.' Source B is a history written by Powhatan descendants describing their ancestors' towns, farms, and trade networks in the same area before European arrival. What critical information does Source A omit?
Showing 6 of 10 problems. The free PDF includes every problem plus the full answer key.
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The free PDF includes all 4 pages — every problem plus the full answer key.
What’s included
- 10 problems across 4 pages (worksheet + answer key)
- Answer key included — every answer, ready to check
- Standards: D2.His.6.3-5
- Skill: Students compare how two sources represent an Indigenous community or historical event.
- Suggested use: classwork, homework, or sub plans
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