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Lewis and Clark Treatment of Native Americans
From: Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)
Grade Level: (MS), (HS), (College)
Remote Ready: With modifications
Time: 1-2 class periods
Length of Reading: Pages
Lewis and Clark SAC (Structured Academic Controversy)
Students read docs (5 docs, each 1 page or less) and fill out graphic organizer. "Students are [then] assigned to teams to locate evidence [within the docs] to support or refute the claim that Lewis and Clark were respectful to Native Americans." And they discuss their conclusions in groups of 4 with 2 people refuting and 2 people supporting. In the last 10 minutes of the debate all 4 group members work to build a consensus. Includes background info and slides for brief lecture.
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Grade Level: (MS), (HS), (College)
- We put these in parentheses because there is no specified age group for the activity.
- However, we think it would be excellent for Middle School (MS), High School (HS), and College Students.
Remote Ready: With Modifications
- Links to the reading assignments can easily be emailed or posted for students.
- It’s much easier for small groups or pairs to coordinate a phone call or video conference meeting than for the entire class to sync their schedules. Have these small groups post answers, a synopsis, or a video of their discussion to your LMS.
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers online rather than in an email or on a worksheet. Or if a graphic organizer is amazingly well done, you could have your students take a picture of their completed work and email it to you.
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This activity calls for working in pairs, a group, and/or having a class discussion
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