Sovereignty and Treaties-Dakota and Anishinaabe Tribes

Essential Question

How did the perimeters of the Treaties in which the indigenous peoples fell into with the U.S. effect their cultural identity?
How has the sovereignty of their people changed due to cultural shifts as a result of the treaties?

Texts

Informational

The First Americans

The Grand Council Fire of American Indians wrote this letter in response to the Chicago mayor's 1927 campaign against the use of British textbooks in public schools. The letter condemns the misrepresentation of Native American history in schools.

The Grand Council Fire of American Indians

Grade Level

6-8

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Rights & Activism

July 3, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Word Work

Prior Knowledge and Personal Association Surveys

These surveys ask students what they know or how they feel about specific words in the text they are reading.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Act Up! Drama for Justice

Students write and perform a skit or monologue that brings awareness to a specific issue addressed in the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

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Sovereignty and Treaties-Dakota and Anishinaabe Tribes

The First Americans

Prior Knowledge and Personal Association Surveys

Act Up! Drama for Justice

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