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This Borders within the United States: Indian Boarding Schools and Assimilation lesson plan also includes:
- Borders within the United States: Indian Boarding Schools and Assimilation (.html)
- Map of Indian Boarding Schools
- Indian Boy's Story (.pdf)
- The School Days of an Indian Girl (.pdf)
- Kill the Indian and Save the Man (.pdf)
- Indian Removal Act (.pdf)
- Treaty of Fort Laramie (.pdf)
- Navajo Treaty (.pdf)
- Dawes Act (.pdf)
- Unspoken: America's Native American Boarding Schools
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Native American Nations ... sovereign entities or removable tribes? A thought-provoking lesson explores the relationship between Native American tribes and the United States, including forced assimilation and removal from their ancestral lands. Scholars read primary sources, such as the Dawes Act, and participate in group discussion to understand how Native American children were forced to assimilate and attend boarding schools. Historians also write a letter from the perspective of a Native American student to explore the hardships they faced.
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american history, american culture, america, the united states, united states borders, assimilation, native american culture, native american history, native american tribes, treaties, schools, the dawes act, indian removal, the indian removal act, the navajo, the navajo people, reservations, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, historical analysis, historical context, historical documents, historical trends
Instructional Ideas
- Compare and contrast the United States' treatment of Mexican and Native Americans concerning border disputes
- Guide a group discussion on ways pupils may have felt about the requirement to assimilate into mainstream culture
Classroom Considerations
- Part two of a three-part series, Becoming US - Borderlands unit
Pros
- The resource addresses the tragedies that befell Native Americans
- Lesson includes additional exit activities to complete if time allows
Cons
- None