Toys Change with the Passage of Time

Lesson created by: Barbara Myers, grade level K
Students will understand that children from the past used different toys.

Native American Creation Stories

Lesson created by Sarah Shapiro and Shannon Johnson, grade level 1-6
Students will begin to understand that Native American stories served different purpose; one of which was to explain how animals and the world around them came to be as they are.

Families of the 18th Century English Settlers and Native Americans in New England

Lesson created by Sally Shattuck, grade level 1
Students will understand that 18th century people in New England had needs and wants that were the same and different from ours today.

Who's Land is it Anyway?

Lesson created by Darshell Silva, grade level 4-5
Students will: understand that if you do not study an issue from multiple perspectives you will never have a complete understanding of it; be able to read historical fiction and use its ideas to facilitate understanding of an issue; and able to use primary sources to facilitate understanding of an issue.

Why Various Groups of Native Peoples Joined the 1704 Raid on Deerfield

Lesson created by Kathie Bredin, grade level 4
By investigating images of period-specific everyday artifacts and reading creation stories, language excerpts and maps, students will understand that there was cultural diversity amongst the Native peoples whom subsequently joined the French during the 1704 raid on Deerfield, namely the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk), Wendat (Huron), and Wôbanaki (including Pocumtuck). This understanding will provide a context to understand that there were different motivations for participation in the raid, and underscore the importance of understanding multiple perspectives of conflict in general.

The Deerfield Raid of 1704—A Tale of Two Stories

Lesson Created by: Marilyn Grandy, grade level: 4
Students will understand that the Indians were in this area long before the Europeans arrived and that the Indians and English settlers had some very different cultural beliefs that at times led to conflict.

Pocumtuck and English Perspectives on Life in Early Colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts

Lesson created by: Christine Paglia Baker, grade level: 4
Students will be able to compare the perspectives of English colonists and Pocumtuck Indians living in Deerfield in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. They will draw conclusions based on their observations of pictures and artifacts.

Mary Jemison and the Seneca Nation of Indians

Lesson created by: Charlene Diaz, grade level: 3
Students will understand that primary and secondary sources help us to have access to important historical events.

An introduction to the 1704 Raid on Deerfield through Two Lenses: the English Settlers and the Pocumtucks

Lesson created by: Kim Gerould, grade level: 3
Students will understand that the Pocumtucks and the English settlers had some characteristics and needs in common, and that they also saw their worlds and needs in different ways.

Stephen Williams' Relationship with Native Americans

Lesson created by: Vicky Mahoney, grade level: 5
Students will understand that historians use several sources to understand the relationship between the colonists and the Native Indians.

Maps in the 17th and 18th Centuries: What we can learn about the Pocumtuck Valley

Lesson created by: Diane Moller, grade level: 4-5
Students will observe and interpret primary source maps of the 17th and 18th centuries, modern maps and images.

Analyzing a Data Chart

Lesson created by: Genevieve Dodge, grade level: 5
Students will understand how to read and use a chart to record essential facts about what happened to the captives of the Deerfield Raid and how to make inferences about, or question, the captives' fortunes as well.

It's all about Perspective

Lesson created by: Robin Falk, grade level: 5
Students will read different people's perspectives on the Deerfield Raid of 1704 and write a two-voice poem to convey the events from each person's perspective.

Tracing a Captive's Journey

Lesson created by: Lori Austin, grade level: 5-6
Students will use primary resources to find the complex connections between a local historical experience and the national and global events involving the French, English and Native communities during the 18th century.

Clash of Cultures

Lesson created by: Margaret Lima, grade level: 8
Students will learn what factors comprise the concept of culture. Emphasis will be on early English culture as seen through colonial New England and eighteenth century Eastern America, as well as Indian cultures including Mohawk, Wampanoag, and Delaware.

The Williams Family

Lesson created by: Cathy Chamberlin and Becky Nadeau, grade level: 5-8
Students will understand that the Williams' were a key family involved in the 1704 Raid on Deerfield and that the fate of each member differed greatly.

Raid on Deerfield: Voices of Three

Lesson created by: Dorothy Adams, Lori Girouard, Elizabeth Higgins, grade level: 5-8
Students will understand the ways in which the physical environment is stressed by human activities.

Understanding Land Use during 18th Century America

Lesson created by: Susan Pomasko, grade level: 7-8
Students will understand how the various culture groups in New England transformed the environment to meet their needs.

Conceptions of Land

Lesson created by: Debbie Cook, Lisa Echevarria and Dori Pulizzi, grade level: 6-8
Students will be able to read, analyze and discuss primary source documents including quotes, maps and treaties.

How the Fur Trade Affected Native American and European Alliances

Lesson created by: Nancy DeCourcey, grade level: 7 Geography
Students will understand that alliances between English settlers and Native Americans in Colonial New England were influenced by the fur trade, French settlers, and other Native American tribes.

Women's Rights through the Centuries

Lesson created by: Aleza Beauvais, grade level: 8 ELA
Students will understand that women's rights were strongly influenced by the attitudes of specific eras in history. They will use a wide range of primary sources from over the centuries including some related to 18th century Native American captives.

Ethical Dilemma of the Deerfield Raid

Lesson created by: Shannon Baldino, grade level: 8
Students will look at primary and secondary documents in the hopes of coming to a conclusion about whether or not the Natives could be justified for assisting the French in the Deerfield Raid of 1704.

A Peace Convention

Lesson created by: Beth Adel, grade level: 7-8 Humanities
Students will be guided by the following questions: What makes a community strong? What values do our communities hold? Is it possible for different groups with different values to live in peace? What cultural groups have lived on this land?

The Role Deerfield Played in the French and Indian War

Lesson created by: Patrick McGravey, grade level: 8
Students will understand that who owns history is a huge are of importance when looking at historical events. It is important that students take different perspectives into consideration when looking at historical events.

How Does a Culture Change as a Result of Dealing and Coping with Conflict?

Lesson created by: Ronny Sanders, grade level: 6-8
Students will explore the types of conflict that took place as a result of the Pocumtucks being forced off their land and apply this to other situations in history in which people were forced off their lands.

Using the Deerfield Raid of 1704 to Teach Literature

Lesson created by: Melba Divens, grade level: 10-12
Students will understand the complicated issues surrounding the Deerfield Raid and its significance to Native American Migration in the Northeast.

Raid on Deerfield: Exploring Factors that Influenced the Participants

Lesson created by: Dennis Edmondson, Marla James and Caitlyn Remmes, grade level: 10-12
Students will be able to identify and explain the varying perspectives of the English, French and Native Americans in relation to religion, settlement, economics and land ownership.

English and Indian Views on Land Ownership

Lesson created by: Aly Lakhaney, grade level: 11 U.S. History
Students will understand that the English and Indians in New England viewed and used the land differently and that these different views led to conflict.

Slavery in New England

Lesson created by: Annie Rehm, grade level: 11 AP English
Students will be able to recognize (both concrete and abstract) details in several documents dating from the late 17th and 18th centuries concerning slavery in New England. Because the very nature of slavery can be difficult to understand, this activity will help to show that the practice of slavery is one that operate(s/d) on both concrete and abstract levels.

Should We Give Peace a Chance?

Lesson created by: John Burns, grade level: 9-12
Students will understand how cultural frontiers create both competition and opportunities for cooperation that affect the development and identity of the societies that are meeting.

Who "Owns" History?

Lesson created by: Tina Lussier, Dot Verheyen-Cudjoe, Nancy Henderson, grade level: 9-12
Students will identify and explain the multiple perspectives of the various groups involved in the "Raid on Deerfield."

Social Identity Theory

Lesson created by: Hope Myers, grade level: 10-12
Students will understand that the fundamentals of Social Identity Theory through an eighteenth century case study on British Colonial Women in Colonial New England.

The Raid on Deerfield and its role in US Military History

Lesson created by: Patrick Hickey, grade level: 10-12
Students will understand that perspectives on what constitutes a legitimate military action may vary from people to people.

Place and Point of View for Colonial New England

Lesson created by: Joy Kinley, grade level: 10-12
Students will understand that there are multiple perspectives in history and that there is no one correct way of explaining things.

An Examination of English and Native Relations in New England During the Late 17th and Early 18th Centuries

Lesson created by: James Costello, grade level: 10-12
By analyzing several documents, students will understand that relations between English settlers and Native Americans ebbed and flowed between cooperation and conflict.

Grey Lock and Theyanoguin: Case Studies in Native Diaspora, Cultural Adaptation and Persistence After King Philip's War

Lesson created by: James Duggan, grade level: 10-12
Students will understand that diverse native peoples survived, persisted, crossed cultural boundaries, and adapted to changing times and circumstances in various ways.

Captivity Stories

Lesson created by: Kathy Dempsey Zimmerman, grade level: 11-12
Students will understand that there are many sides to every story, that the history of relations between the whites and the American Indians is complicated, that stereotyping is dangerous, that in order to move forward in achieving peace and justice in the world we must learn the truth of what happened in history.

New England and the Atlantic Slave Trade

Lesson created by: Joan O'Brien, grade level: 11-12
Students will understand that colonial New Englanders played a varied and active role in the African slave trade.

A Tale of Two Villages: Examining Social, Economic and Political Life in New England and Iroquois Villages

Lesson created by: Martin Case and Travis Weissler, grade level: 10-12
Students will understand the different social, political and economic features of Iroquois villages and of Puritan villages. Students will compare and contrast daily life in these settlements by examining social and political structures as well as economic characteristics.

Comparing French and English Relations with Indians

Lesson created by: John Hannon, grade level: 10-11
Students will understand that French relations with Native Americans differed from those of English in terms of numbers of immigrants, purpose of settlement and the level of cooperation compared to conflict.

Slavery in the American Colonies in the First Half of the 1700s

Lesson created by: Keith Ireland, grade lever: 9-10
Students will be able to identify both the similarities and differences in the slave systems between the Northern colonies and the Southern colonies.

Settlement Motivations and Patterns of Interaction between English, French and Indians in Colonial New England

Lesson created by Daniel Melega, grade level: 9-12
Students will understand that the interplay between European settlers and Native peoples was far more complicated than the general geo-political histories which are emphasized in high school texts would suggest.

Not a Fate Worse than Death: Examining Captivity Stories

Lesson created by: Nancy Ponzetti, grade level: 11-12 AP
Students will use the stories of Eunice K. Williams and Mary Jemison to assess the validity of Professor Calloway's claim "that Indian captivity was not always the fate worse than death."

Multiple Perspectives on Colonial History

Lesson created by: Peter Vamosy, grade level: 9-10
Students will ask their own questions about Colonial American history, research valid sources of evidence and examine the answers from multiple perspectives to learn about Colonial America.

The 1704 Raid on Deerfield and Captivity

Lesson created by: Gail Carter, grade level: 10-12
Students will engage in art analysis, readings, skits, artistic expression and a puzzle to learn about both the Deerfield Raid in particular and the general concept of captivity involving Europeans in the 1600s and 1700s in particular.

Native, French and English Peoples in Colonial America

Lesson created by: John Peterson, grade level: 11
Students will understand how specific practices and material culture patterns define a culture, and how changes in them indicate the nature of contact and exchange between cultures.

Examining the 1704 Raid on Deerfield from Multiple Perspectives

Lesson created by: David St. Jean, John Hackett, grade level: 9
Students will divide into four teams, each responsible for becoming an expert on their person. They will answer the following questions: This person is part of a larger group. How did this group find its way to North America? What is this person's role in the community? How was this person involved in the raid on Deerfield? What happened to this person after the raid?

Captive Voices: a Comparison of Captivity Narratives

Lesson created by: Logan Porter, grade level: 11
Students will identify and comprehend the events and activities of the captivity of Mary Rowlandson and John Williams. They will become informed of the conflict between the Native Indians and the colonists settling in the area and the capture of such colonists by the Native Indians.