Indiana Social Studies 5.H.6
The Standard
Identify and explain instances of both cooperation and conflict that existed between Native Americans and colonists.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify times Native nations and colonists worked together and times they fought. They name the groups involved and explain what led to each event.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can describe the 1621 alliance between Wampanoag leaders and Plymouth colonists. They can explain how colonial land expansion helped lead to King Philip’s War in 1675.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think all Native nations made the same choices. They may also think cooperation happened only at one harvest feast, or that war began with a single argument.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one example of cooperation and one example of conflict between Native people and colonists. For each, name the groups involved and give one reason it happened.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled 1621 alliance, trade, land seizure, and King Philip’s War; have them sort the cards by cooperation or conflict.
Ask: Why might Wampanoag leaders have agreed to an alliance with Plymouth colonists, and what changed as colonists took more land?
Play a partner quiz using two fact cards about the 1621 alliance and King Philip’s War; partners name who was involved and why.
On a Massachusetts map, locate Plymouth and Mashpee, then find one current Mashpee Wampanoag community project on the tribe’s website.
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