Native Americans are members of any of the peoples who were the original inhabitants of North and South America and the Caribbean Islands

devastation refers to great destruction or damage

dispossession is the action of taking someone’s land away.

treating people unfairly or cruelly for your own benefit is called exploitation

Impact of Europeans on Native Americans

History

This unit will form the foundation of knowledge which will later explore the changes in the Atlantic World and the impact of colonisation and the Empire, both on colonies and Great Britain (Y9).

Pupils will understand the concept of the Empire from their previous study of medieval Mali (Y7). Pupils will also understand the growing importance of trade and exploration, through their study of Elizabethan England (Y8).

European conquest of the Americas: why was its impact so devastating?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

What percentage of Native Americans are estimated to have died in the century after Europeans arrived in the Americas in 1492?

Which keyword means to change a person's beliefs?

Write the missing word. The {{}} Empire was indigenous to the Americas. Its largest city was Tenohctitlan.

Native Americans had different languages to Europeans.

Native Americans had different laws to Europeans.

Native Americans had different religions to Europeans.

How did Europeans justify dispossessing Native Americans?

How did the English settlers at Jamestown survive their first winter in the Americas?

Native Americans were purposefully infected by Europeans.

Native Americans had poorer medical knowledge than Europeans.

Native Americans lacked immunity to European diseases.

Why did European diseases kill so many Native Americans?

What was the name of the settlement England founded in the Americas in 1585?

What was produced in Jamestown which allowed English settlers to gain lots of wealth?

the process of taking control over another country

Match the key words with their correct definitions.

Write the missing word. After three wars with English settlers, the Powhatans were forced to live on ...

English settlers and the Powhatans fought one another three times.

Spain conquered the Aztec Empire with support from indigenous allies.

Pocahontas was kidnapped by the English and converted to Christianity.

Identify the example which best demonstrates European and Native American co-operation.

Conflict with Europeans was the main killer of Native Americans after 1492.

Mistreatment of Native Americans by Europeans led to many indigenous deaths.

Native Americans lacked the skills and technology to defeat Europeans.

The spread of diseases weakened native American resistance.

Why was the colonisation so devastating to the Native Americans?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Impact of Europeans on Native Americans

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.