Lesson Plan Title:
Indian Removal
Concept/Topic to Teach:
Andrew Jackson, Trail of Tears, and Indian Removal Act
Essential Question of Lesson:
Did Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears have a positive or negative effect on the United States? What were the pros and cons?
Connection:
Have you ever been judged because of your race, hair color, clothes etc.?
Write how you felt and how you dealt with the situation
Racism relates to the Trail of Tears because the Native Americans were forced out of their land, due to their unfamiliar culture and skin color. The Native American wore different clothes, spoke a different language and utilized nature in a different way than white people. This made them wrong and unacceptable in the white society.
Direct Teaching: We created a power point that the students will take notes on.
Step-by-Step Explanation:
Pair up with a partner
Write a journal entry from the perspective of someone involved in the Trail of Tears
Choose between a Native American who was forced off their land or a soldier who removed them
Include details about where they were from and how they were treated based on the information we gave you
Your journal should be at least half a page
Students will create a journal from the perspective of someone involved with the Trail of Tears.
Closure:
Who was the leader of The Cherokees?
Can you describe the Trail of Tears? How did it affect the Native Americans?
Who was Andrew Jackson? How was he involved in the Trail Of Tears?
When was The Indian Removal Act passed? Why was it passed?
Friday, April 4, 2008
Trail of Tears
There were ten million Native Americans on this continent when the first non-Indians arrived. Over the next 300 years, 90% of all Native American population was wiped out by disease, famine, or slaves imported by the whites.
By 1840 all eastern tribes had moved or had been forcibly removed to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi river. European’s caused endless problems for the American Indians. The Natives homelands were gradually taken from them and their cultures were dramatically altered if not destroyed.
The French bought Native American Louisiana Territory, so the Natives had to go. In 1825 the government formally adopted a removal policy, which was carried out in 1830 by president Andrew Jackson. The five tribes that were forced out of their homes were the Cherokee, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks and Seminoles. Only some of these tribes moved with their own will. The Cherokees did not.
The Cherokees were taken from their homes, herded into camps, and moved forcefully to a strange and unknown land. Along their journey 4,00 out of 15,000 Native Americans died of hunger, disease and exhaustion.
This unfortunate event is now referred to as the Trail of Tears. We found a dairy entry (below) of a young Native American girl who was forced from her home.
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