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This website is the result of three-year collaboration between the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, renowned scholars, American Indians who are experts in the history of their communities, and a group of 26 master teachers in elementary and secondary education. The teachers, from six states representing the geographical region of focus, developed exemplary curriculum with a new examination of the complexities of interaction among eastern American Indians, colonists, and Europeans from precontact through colonial times.

By integrating the story of eastern American Indians into our nation's history, these lessons and resources share historical knowledge that will dispel a core body of myths and expand perceptions of eastern American Indians and their role in colonial history and the founding of the United States. It models effective teaching and learning strategies that include student use of primary artifacts and documents, literature, and the visual and performing arts. Funded with a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Worlds in Motion responds to the "We the People" challenge to advance Americans' knowledge of the significant events and themes of our history and culture. Worlds in Motion coincides with the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War (1754-63) and has benefited from recent scholarship on the topic.

Worlds in Motion: American Indians on the Colonial Frontier is supported through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.