Period 4, Day 4: The Indian Removal Act & the Trail of Tears - Haiyen Truong | Biblioteka

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Content Objective: I will be able to compare and contrast the Trump presidency with the Jackson presidency.

Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated relationships between individuals (e.g. comparison-contrast).

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Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

0 - If you haven't completed last night's Pre-Work, and will do it now during the Warm Up so I can make the most of my class time.

1 - I do not understand the pre-work yet.

2 - I need to review.

3 - I can understand the pre-work on my own.

4 - I can explain the pre-work to someone else.

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Warm Up: How would you react if someone forced you to move out of Chicago, Illinois and forced you to settle in the middle of Oklahoma?

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Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a key feature of Andrew Jackson’s presidency that gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with Indian tribes living east of the Mississippi.

By the end of the Jackson administration, eastern Native Americans were relocated to the” Indian Territory, which would later became eastern Oklahoma. Since the bulk of the new territory was in the American south -- Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Louisiana -- Jackson successfully opened up 25 million acres of land to white settlement and the expansion of .

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What was the intended purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

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How did the Indian Removal Act affect enslaved Blacks at the time?

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Which Native American tribes were affected by the Indian Removal Act?

That's all we're doing for Friday, 11/19/2021!

Next Week:

On Monday, 11/22, you will read President Andrew Jackson's "On Indian Removal Speech" and answer #8-9. Then complete the Exit Ticket: #10-11.
On Tuesday, 11/23, you will work on your Op-Ed critique. Critiques are due on Monday, 11/29/2021 when we return from Thanksgiving Break.

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Applying Knowledge: What specific words or phrases do you believe was true in Jackson’s speech? What don’t you believe? Explain why.

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Jackson calls the eastern Indians “children of the forest.” What does this description imply about the relationship between whites and Indians?

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Monday, 11/21/2021 Exit Ticket: Which perspective do you plan on writing your 1-2 page Op-Ed* critique of President Jackson’s “On Indian Removal Speech” from?
*An Op-Ed is a piece of writing that expresses a personal opinion of someone who is not the newspaper editor; the name is because it is usually printed in a newspaper opposite the page on which the editorial is printed.

A member of the Cherokee Nation who traveled west on the Trail of Tears in 1838

A member of the Seminoles who fought bravely in the Second Seminole War (1835-1842)

An enslaved African American who was uprooted by their owner to move west onto better cotton land

A white Northern missionary who opposes slavery

As a present day U.S. citizen demanding the removal of Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill

The Biden administration’s long-awaited apology to the descendants of the tribes affected by the Indian Removal Act

I have another idea that I will share with Ms. Truong in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

1 - I need to seek out extra help from someone else.

2 - I need to find resources and relearn on my own.

3 - I understood the lesson on my own, and should pass on the knowledge!

4 - I was able to successfully explain and help someone else’s understanding.