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Indian Policy Docs
From: Digital History
Grade Level: (HS), College
Remote Ready: With Modifications
Time: 1-2 class periods
Length of Reading: Pages
Indian Removal
This lesson features several excellent, short primary sources. Docs include excerpts regarding the Indian policies of: TJ, Monroe, and Jackson, in their own words. Maps and political cartoons about removal are also included. Read what those on the Trail of Tears and Indian leaders said about removal.
There is an overarching question about how Indian Policy changed over time (under the "teacher resources" tab) but no recommended activity.
Teachers might have students read the docs, fill out a standard Document Analysis Worksheets, and discuss.
Or each group can tackle a few docs; then groups can jigsaw to explain their docs to each other.
Several links are no longer working, but these are non-essential and there are many other primary sources.
The broke links include links to: the Cherokee alphabet, Indian Affairs laws and treaties, the Cherokee newspaper, speech against removal, and speech in favor of removal.
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Grade Level: (HS), College
- This lesson is intended for college students
- However, we think it would be excellent for high school (HS) students as well.
Remote Ready: With Modifications
- Links to the reading assignments can easily be emailed or posted for students.
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers online rather than in an email or on a worksheet.
- If you choose to jigsaw, have small groups or pairs coordinate a phone call or video conference. Have these small groups post answers, a synopsis, or a video of their discussion to your LMS.
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