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A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

The Children's Hour Inc

6 episodes · in order

Find the learning guides to accompany this podcast at https://childrenshour.org/history

More about the show

Typically a region of the US that is overlooked in textbooks, the Southwestern United States history starts over 23,000 years ago in what is now know as White Sands National Park with some footprints in the sand. Learn how the area was settled, from the first people who called this region home, through the brutal eras of colonization by Spain, and later the United States. This series highlights the moments that changed the history of this region and this nation forever.

This series comes with free Learning Guides that aligns with US national content standards for elementary through high school students. Find it the Learning Guides for each episode at https://childrenshour.org/history

Join us as we explore the fragile, deeply rooted story of our high desert region through six episodes and accompanying Learning Guides.

The Children's Hour produced this six part podcast and curriculum series on the history of the American Southwest, in partnership with the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, the Native American Community Academy (NACA), NACA Inspired Schools Network, and numerous others. Our thanks to our many partners and funders.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

    · 20 min

    We begin 23,000 years ago at what is today called White Sands National Park with footprints discovered in the sands that tell a story of a mom, her toddler, and their journey avoiding a giant sloth.

  2. Episode 2: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

    · 19 min

    For over 10,000 years, communities grew in the desert, with elaborate roads and structures that remain today. The complexity of Chaco Canyon’s architecture, engineering, and governance demonstrates the sophistication…

  3. Episode 3: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

    · 17 min

    In July of 1540, the Ashiwi people watched as a group of armed strangers – who turned out to be Europeans – came into the desert Southwest, on horseback, and with an agenda of finding the cities of gold they had heard…

  4. Episode 4: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

    The new neighbors had so many demands and harsh punishments, the pueblo peoples had enough and organized a revolt, sending the priests and other Europeans packing.

  5. Episode 5: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

    · 20 min

    Within two decades, the Spanish settlers returned to the Rio Grande Valley, laying claim to the fertile valleys to build haciendas, churches and towns, to be owned by the Spanish crown. This virtual field trip to Los…

  6. Episode 6: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids

    · 17 min

    In 1864, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo making the American Southwest a United States territory where the land would soon be crisscrossed with train tracks and roads, with new economies of health, culture and…

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