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11th grade Native Americans dbqs
Spanish Conquistadors and Native Americans DBQ Inquiry Activity
Conquistadors: Why were the Spanish able to easily defeat the natives? A DBQ! 1:1 Google Compatible!This resource is included in my 13 Colonies Unit and my Mesoamerica Unit!Purchase either bundle and save over 25%!---------In this DBQ investigation, students will attempt to answer the overarching question:"What were the Spanish conquistadors able to so easily defeat the Natives of Central and South America?"Students will look at and analyze 5 different documents. Each primary source focuses on
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7th - 11th
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The Trail of Tears & Andrew Jackson Primary Source Analysis + Distance Learning
The Trail of Tears and Andrew Jackson Primary Source Analysis takes students to a letter written by a U.S. soldier during the removal of the Cherokee natives in 1838. This is a first hand account describing how soldiers ripped people out of their homes and forced them to march over 2,000 miles, leaving 4,000 dead. Students then look at a political cartoon featuring President Jackson and the Cherokee and asks students to ponder why it is important to learn about “bad history” with the good. This
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Aztec Primary Source Worksheet/DBQ: Hernán Cortés Views Tenochtitlan
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. Students will learn about the defenses, transportation system, and market places of Tenochtitlan. The worksheet allows students to read a short primary source written by Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés. The worksheet includes eight questions and has an answer key for the teacher. The reading is very engaging for students.Please check out my Native American lesson plans.Great Native A
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: World History Primary Source Worksheets Bundle (Ancient Times to 1800s)
Native American Assimilation Boarding School Photograph Analysis Lesson
This lesson will challenge students to use historical detective skills to uncover the dark history behind one of the American governments darker policies: Native American assimilation. Students will learn the policy of assimilation with embedded clips and slides. From there, students watch a Hollywood portrayal of assimilation via TNT's "Into the West" drama. Students will then work collaboratively with over 10 photographs to complete a photograph analysis sheet which will be used to determine t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Westward Expansion Manifest Destiny Primary Sources Activity Analysis Worksheets
Teach source analysis and bring richness to your US History course with these curated voices from the Lewis & Clark, Andrew Jackson, the Cherokee, and others.This 6-pack also comes in Google files for a paperless option!Featured voices in this collection of compelling arguments:Meriwether LewisA newspaper report on the Erie CanalMexican observer in TexasAndrew JacksonThe CherokeeJohn O’SullivanThe effective HIPPOS framework directly targets historical & critical thinking skills:Historica
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9th - 11th
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Also included in: Early US History Primary Source Analysis Activities Worksheets
American West DBQ (Westward Expansion)
Students will learn about the significant events in the American West. The DBQ contains primary source excerpts, pictures, and maps. The assignment does not require the use of a textbook. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions.*The assignment contains 10 documents and 33 questions. *The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; however, please make sure it is password protected. Topics: Transcontinental Railroad (Map) Chinese immigrants buildin
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5th - 11th
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Jackson Mock Trial: Did Bank Veto, Force Bill, & Indian Removal Abuse Fed Power?
Bring students to the center of your Advanced Placement United States History or secondary-level History classroom through an engaging mock trial debate activity regarding three key issues of Andrew Jackson's legacy as president. This lesson was designed around the redesign curriculum for APUSH Period 4 (Topic 4.8 objectives) as students will either defend or prosecute Jackson on the 1832 Bank Veto, Tariff of Abominations and Force Bill Controversy with South Carolina, and the Indian Removal Act
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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U.S. Westward Expansion - Opportunity or Oppression? Reading & Writing Activity
Interactive U.S. Westward Expansion lesson! This lesson has students decide if the American West during Manifest Destiny expansion was a place of opportunity or oppression for different groups, including homesteaders, cowboys, women, African Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, and Chinese immigrants. Students work in small groups (or independently) to learn about the experiences of these groups using secondary and primary sources. After completely a graphic organizer and a class discussion (o
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9th - 12th
Trail of Tears DBQ Document Packet
This document packet can be used alone or accompanied by an essay, in studying Native Americans/Cherokees/The Trail of Tears/President Andrew Jackson. Documents consist of text, map, and illustrations, with questions following each document. This assignment encourages students to think about the events surrounding Native American Removal, from various points of view.
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7th - 11th
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The Requerimiento Primary Source Analysis + Distance Learning Version
The Requerimiento Primary Source Analysis takes your students back to the Age of Exploration where the Requerimiento [Requirement] was written to be read aloud as an ultimatum to conquered natives in the Americas. It proclaimed the religious authority of the Pope over the entire world and dictated that the conquered peoples accept Spanish rule and Christian preaching or risk subjugation, enslavement, and death. Through the Requerimiento, students learn the true purpose of the Spanish and the jus
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Manifest Destiny & Effect on Native Americans | Document Based Activity
This is an entire lesson on the topic of Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny and the effect on the Native Americans. It includes a Power-point/Google Presentation AND an entire Document Based Activity with handouts!In this lesson your students will:1) Take notes from an 8 slide power-point (included) that gives them background info on the Native American Indians (Who were they, where did they live, what were their tribes/cultures like etc.)2) Students will examine multiple primary source excerpt
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8th - 11th
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Native American Assimilation Boarding Schools: Source-Based Activities/Project
The three-part lesson package will engage students as they will gain a deep understanding of the Native American perspective of forced assimilation after the Civil War. Students will come out of this lesson fully grasping the dark legacy U.S. Government assimilation policies. Furthermore, students will sharpen their source-analysis abilities and document-based question writing abilities through a Google Doc-guided research project. Part 1: Background/Context: Students learn about the change in
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Settlement of the West 1865-1900...Beneficial for All? A DBQ Exercise
Help build your students primary source analysis skills while also fostering critical thinking and developing writing skills with this engaging DBQ exercise. Exploring the westward settlement following the Civil War, students will utilize the primary sources to respond to the provided prompt of "To what extent did the settlement of the West, following the Civil War up through 1900, produce positive benefits for all in the region?" Primary sources included highlight economic activity in the regio
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9th - 12th
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Native American Boarding Schools & Audience
The first worksheet focuses on the importance of audience and the impact that this can have on the trustworthiness of the documents and photographs. Next, a reading is given that describes the experience of Native Americans at the Carlisle Industrial Indian school and the attempts by the American government to educate for extinction. The following worksheets ask questions about the boarding schools with a focus given to the importance of audience and the impact that this has on their trustworthi
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7th - 12th
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Andrew Jackson, Spoils System, Trail of Tears, Corrupt Bargain, Bank War, DBQ
This DBQ will guide your students through Andrew Jackson's presidency with readings, political cartoons, charts, maps, a graphic organizer, and a 2 part project at the end. The goal of this DBQ is to help your students use factual evidence to answer the question: How should Andrew Jackson be remembered? This product includes:*A student explanation of a DBQ*Background information on Andrew Jackson*Graphic organizer to help students organize their evidence*Document A: The election of 1824 and the
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5th - 12th
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French and Indian War Primary Source Analysis for High School U.S. History
This primary source analysis, created for high school U.S. history classes, allows students to read, examine, and interpret 7 primary sources (Indigenous and European-American) related to the French and Indian War. Sources include: Canassatego (Iroquois leader), Arthur Dobbs (N.C. governor), King Hagler (Catawba chief), 2 by Benjamin Franklin (U.S. founding father), Minavavana (Chippewa chief), and Ostenaco (Cherokee diplomat). The sources and the questions that accompany them enable students t
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9th - 12th
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Native Americans & Westward Expansion DBQ Distance Learning
Covers impact of westward expansion on Native American people--includes documents covering the decline of the buffalo, the Dawes Act, and boarding schools. Answer key and rubric included!
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: DBQ & Mini-DBQ Bundle Distance Learning
The Decline of the Plains Indian: Extinction and Assimilation DBQ
This assignment contains 5 documents which encourage students to investigate what caused the decline of the Plains Indian. The sources include;(1.) Buffalo Hides outside Dodge City, 1878 National Archives(2.) Chester Anders Fee, Chief Joseph: The Biography of a Great Indian(3.) Geoffrey Ward, The West: An Illustrated History 1996(4.) Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas Jefferson Morgan, 1891(5.) Lakota boys at the Carlisle Indian Industrial SchoolEach document has 1-4 questions each to help st
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion, Farmers, & Native American Experience DBQ Bundle.
Iroquois Constitution Close Read Activity (Google Compatible)
Iroquois Constitution Close Read Activity Is your class learning about the Native American Culture and Government?In this Close-Read activity, students will use The Iroquois Constitution using the “close read” techniques and annotations. After reading the document, students will answer analysis questions about what the text says and what the text means. The worksheet is no prep, easy to use, and google compatible. It also includes an answer key document.With this resource, your student will be a
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Early America United States History Unit
American Indian Movement (AIM) Article and Questions
American Indian Movement (AIM) article from History Channel with link to the article at the top of the page- the article covers the formation of AIM, reasons behind it, occupations, marches, changes to federal policies brought about by AIMs efforts, etc.
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9th - 12th
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William Trent’s Journal: Pontiac's Rebellion 1763 Primary Source
This lesson plan will allow students to explore Pontiac's War or the Pontiac Rebellion which takes place right after the French and Indian War in 1763. Students will explore a primary source: a journal written by William Trent who is trapped in Fort Pitt for several months while Native Americans lay siege to the community that will later be known as Pittsburgh.The teacher will need to download and print out the primary source from the following link or direct students to the website:http://hsp.o
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: French and Indian War Lesson Plan Collection
Andrew Jackson- Indian Removal Act, A Simple DBQ!
In this assignment students will analyze Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act through his 1830 State of the Union address. This makes for a great assessment after students learn about President Jackson's policy towards native tribes. Included are brainstorm ideas educators can use to help build their students' responses.
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6th - 12th
European Early Encounters – Constructed Response Question (CRQ)/(DBQ) Sets
These two editable Constructed Response Question (CRQ) Sets offer an overview of the period of early European colonization of the new world. The historical literacy skills of identifying and explaining purpose, point of view, audience, and bias are the focus of this CRQ set with the content. In addition students will be asked to develop their skills of describing cause and effect as well as turning point with multiple primary and secondary source documents. While this assignment does align wi
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Early American History Constructed Response Question (CRQ) Bundle
The Homestead Act of 1862: America Westward Expansion and Settlement: DBQ
Upon reading the article and answering the questions, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Homestead Act of 1862, including its historical context, provisions, and impact on American society. They will learn about the ideological framework of Manifest Destiny that fueled westward expansion and how the Civil War facilitated the Act’s passage by shifting political power in Congress. Students will explore how the Act democratized land ownership by providing 160 acres to various d
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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