Broken Arrow Public Schools History of Native Americans Objectives Revised September 2010
1st six weeks
1 Define perspective and understand the importance of perspective when analyzing Native American history.
2 Explain what topics will be explored in the course starting with Land Bridge Theory of migration and ending with contemporary issues facing Native Americans today.
3 Evaluate students’ existing knowledge of Native American cultures, housing, leaders, and events.
4 Analyze various theories about how the first Natives arrived in the Americas.
5 Understand there is no way to study all 562 federally recognized tribes in great depth, but analyzing the 10 culture regions allows us to see patterns among tribes.
6 Compare and Contrast the 10 Culture regions and be able to locate all 10 on a map.
7 Understand the climate of each culture region.
8 Examine the lifestyle of Paleo Indians.
Broken Arrow Public Schools History of Native Americans Objectives Revised September 2010 9 Compare and Contrast Native American creation myths.
10 Examine seven different types of Native American housing including the chickee, U-Ma-Cha, long houses, pueblos, Hogan, igloo and tipis
11 Be able to locate Hispaniola on a map.
12 Analyze the impact of Columbus’ arrival on Taino culture.
13 Analyze the cultures of the Anasazi and Moundbuilders.
# Objective Resources Notes 14 Be able to locate the 4 Corners region on a map.
15 Be able to locate Cahokia on a map.
16 Analyze the Maya Golden Age including achievements in science, writing, math, and architecture.
17 Locate the Mayan Empire on a map.
18 Analyze factors that led to the disappearance of the Mayan Empire.
19 Examine the Aztec Empire.
20 Find Tenochtitlan on a map.
Broken Arrow Public Schools History of Native Americans Objectives Revised September 2010 21 Understand the negative impact of the arrival of Cortez and the Spanish on the Aztec people.
22 Examine Incan culture.
23 Locate the Incan Empire on a map.
2nd six weeks # Objective Resources Notes 24 Locate Jamestown on a map.
25 Analyze the impact of the British on the Powhatan Confederacy.
26 Examine the impact of the French fur trade in North America.
27 Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on Native Americans.
28 Locate the Iroquois Confederacy on a map.
29 Understand the impact of Iroquois democracy on the formulation of the American government.
30 Examine the impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the United States.
Broken Arrow Public Schools History of Native Americans Objectives Revised September 2010 31 Examine the leadership of Tecumseh
32 Analyze the U.S. policy of assimilation on Native Americans.
33 Analyze the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
34 Examine the Culture of the 5 Civilized Tribes.
35 Locate the 5 Civilized Tribes on a map.
36 Examine the impact of Andrew Jackson’s tenure on Native Americans.
37 Analyze Cherokee culture and important Cherokee figures including Sequoyah.
38 Examine the Treaty of New Echota.
39 Analyze the invasion of Georgia by General Scott.
40 Examine Cherokee Removal and the journey to Indian Territory.
41 Analyze the 3 Seminole Wars. Locate the Sand Creek massacre on a map.
42 Understand the role Osceola played in Seminole resistance.
43 Define guerilla tactics and understand how the Seminole used them.
44 Analyze the Chumash culture in California.
Broken Arrow Public Schools History of Native Americans Objectives Revised September 2010 45 Define Manifest Destiny and examine its effects on Native Americans.
46 Analyze Comanche culture.
47 Examine conflicts between the Comanche and Texans including the Council House Fight of 1840 and the Battle of Plum Creek.
48 Examine the impact of Westward expansion and the gold rush on Native Americans.
49 Analyze the stipulations of the Laramie Treaty of 1851.
50 Analyze the role Native Americans played in the Civil War and the Civil War’s effects on them.
51 Examine the Santee Sioux in Minnesota and Red Cloud.
52 Analyze the impact of railroad expansion on Native Americans.
53 Examine the Sand Creek Massacre, Cheyenne culture, and the leadership of Black Kettle.
54 Locate the Sand Creek massacre on a map.
Broken Arrow Public Schools History of Native Americans Objectives Revised September 2010 3rd six weeks
# Objective Resources Notes 55 Locate the Navajo Nation on a map.
56 Examine Kit Carson and his scorched earth policy.
57 Analyze the Navajo’s forced 400 mile walk to the Bosque Rodondo reservation.
58 Identify key Navajo leaders.
59 Examine Apache culture and key leaders Geronimo and Cochise.
60 Analyze Geronimo’s guerilla tactics and evasion from the U.S. army.
61 Analyze the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
62 Examine the impact of the discovery of gold in the Black Hills.
63 Analyze Sioux culture.
64 Locate Sioux Nations on a map.
65 Examine the leadership of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
Broken Arrow Public Schools History of Native Americans Objectives Revised September 2010 66 Analyze the hardships of reservation life at Pine Ridge and Standing Rock.
67 Analyze the Ghost Dance religion and Wovoka’s role in spreading its message.
68 Examine the events leading up to the massacre at Wounded Knee including Sitting Bull’s death.
69 Analyze the impact of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.
70 Examine the impact of the Dawes Act of 1887.
71 Examine Native American boarding schools including Carlisle Boarding School.
72 Identify outstanding Native American athletes Jim Thorpe, Billy Mills, and Sam Bradford.
73 Analyze the importance of the Navajo code in World War II.
74 Analyze contemporary Native American issues including tribal casinos, unemployment, substance abuse, and conflict regarding the use of Native American mascots in college and professional sports.