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The Untold Story

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
History and Social Science
Grade
4

Students take on the role of textbook authors to write a more holistic history of Native Americans. Students conduct research on Native Americans tribes in the New England region to learn about how they adapted to environments and the impact of that today. After gathering and organizing research, students write a section of a history textbook explaining how Native Americans contributed to the culture of their region and how their contributions are still impactful today. For the final component, students prepare a presentation for their peers.

MA Standards

HSS.4.T4a.05
Describe the diverse cultural nature of the region, including contributions of Native Peoples (e.g., Wampanoag, Iroquois, Abenaki), Africans, Europeans (e.g., the early settlements of the Dutch in New York, French near Canada, Germans in Pennsylvania, the English in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, subsequent 19th and early 20th century immigration by groups such as Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Eastern Europeans) and various other immigrant groups from other regions of the world in the later 20th and 21st centuries (e.g., Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Colombians, Guatemalans, Brazilians, Haitians, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Chinese, Indians, and Somalis).
SL.4.2
Paraphrase portions of a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
W.4.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

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