World Stage Curriculum Washington Irving’s Tour 1832 TEACHER You have been given a completed world stage and a world stage that your students can complete. This world stage is a snapshot of the world with Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation and Muscogee Creek Nation, at its center. The Pawnee, Comanche, and Kiowa were out to the west. Europe is to the north and east. Africa is to the south and east. South America is south and a bit east. Asia and the Pacific are to the west. Use a globe to show your students that these directions are accurate. Students - Directions 1. Your teacher will assign one of these actors to you. 2. After research, note the age of the actor in 1832, the year that Irving, Ellsworth, Pourtalès, and Latrobe took a Tour on the Oklahoma prairies. 3. Place the name and age of the actor in the right place on the World Stage. 4. Write a biographical sketch about the actor. 5. Make a report to the class, sharing the biographical sketch, the age of the actor in 1832, and the place the actor was at that time. 6. Listen to all the other reports and place all of the actors in their correct locations with their correct ages in 1832. Students - Information 1. The majority of the characters can be found in your public library in biographies and encyclopedia. You will need a library card to access this information. There is enough information about each actor for a biographical sketch. 2. Other actors can be found on the Internet. Use the name of a country and the key word history. 3. The families of Presidents can be found in the source Facts About the Presidents. Students Actors on the World Stage, 1832 Matthew Arbuckle - John Jacob Astor - Stephen Fuller Austin - Charles Bent - Black Hawk – Nathan Boone - Jim Bridger – Kit Carson - Carlos Manuel de Cespedes - Auguste Pierre Chouteau - Henry Laurens Dawes - Charles Dickens – Henry Leavitt Ellsworth - Geronimo - Nicolay Gogol - Samuel Houston - Washington Irving - Andrew Jackson – Chief John Jolly - Kamehameha III – Charles Joseph Latrobe - Robert Edward Lee - Abraham Lincoln - William Lyon Mackenzie - Dolley Madison - James Madison – Prince Maha Mongkut of Siam – Cynthia Parker – Pedro II de Alcantara - Count Albert-Alexandre Pourtalès – Joseph Jenkins Roberts - Tiana Rogers - John Ross José de San Martin - Antonio López de Santa Ana – Seattle - Sequoyah – Victoria - William IV -- Samuel Austin Worchester 1 Teachers - Information and Extended list of Actors The actor’s age in 1832 is placed beside the name. Some dates and ages are almost impossible to find. If the dates or ages are not reasonably firm, a parenthesis ( ) has been placed around the number. Some of the Actors listed are very hard to find. Actors on the World Stage 1832 1832 This list contains other characters from 1832 that can be used by the teacher. John Quincy Adams 65 6th President of the United States o July 11, 1767 Massachusetts USA – February 23, 1848 WDC USA (Roald Amundsen – Amundsen will not discover the South Pole until 1911 o July 16, 1872 Norway – June 6, 1928 Norway) Colonel Matthew Arbuckle 56 Established Fort Gibson in Oklahoma 1824 o 1776 West Virginia USA – June 11, 1851 Arkansas USA Chester Alan Arthur 3 21st President of the United States o October 5, 1829 New York USA – November 18, 1886 New York USA John Jacob Astor 69 Richest man in America – Canada o July 17, 1763 Germany – March 29, 1848 New York USA Stephen Fuller Austin 39 Texas Pioneer o November 3, 1793 Virginia USA -- December 27, 1836 Texas USA Charles Bent 33 Fur Trader - Bent’s Fort in Colorado- Politician in New Mexico o November 11, 1799 West Virginia USA -- January 19, 1847 New Mexico USA Black Hawk 65 Sauk Chief – Leader Black Hawk War o 1767 Illinois USA – October 3, 1838 Iowa USA Nathan Boone 51 Son of Daniel – Officer in the Dragoons o March 2, 1781 Boone’s Station KY – October 16, 1856 Ash Grove MO Jim Bridger 38 Mountain Man – Discovered Great Salt Lake, Yellowstone o 1894 Virginia USA – 1881 Missouri USA James Buchanan 41 15th President of the United States o April 23, 1791 Pennsylvania USA – June 1, 1868 Pennsylvania USA August Christopher Carson – Kit Carson 23 Explorer, California, Arizona o December 24, 1809 Kentucky USA -- May 23, 1868 Colorado USA Carlos Manuel de Cespedes 13 Cuban Revolutionary “Father of the Nation” o April 18, 1819 Cuba – 1874 Cuba Auguste Pierre Chouteau 46 Trader St. Louis, Verdigris Oklahoma o May 9, 1786 Missouri USA -- December 25, 1838 Missouri USA Jean Pierre Chouteau 74 Trading from St Louis to the Three Forks o October 10, 1758 Louisiana USA -- July 10, 1849 Missouri USA Jefferson Davis 24 Officer with Dragoons at Fort Gibson o June 3, 1808 Kentucky USA -- December 6, 1889 Louisiana USA Henry Laurens Dawes 16 US House and Senate, Chaired Dawes Commission o October 30, 1816 Massachusetts USA – February 5, 1903 Charles Dickens 20 English Author o February 7, 1812 England – June 9, 1870 England 2 Henry Leavitt Ellsworth 41 Tourist on the Oklahoma Prairie – Indian Agent o November 10, 1891 New England USA – December 27, 1858 New England USA Millard Fillmore 32 13th President of the United States o January 7, 1800 New York USA – March 8, 1874 New York USA John Charles Frémont 19 American Explorer and Politician o January 31, 1813 Georgia USA -- July 13, 1890 New York USA James Abram Garfield 1 20th President of the United States o November 19, 1831 Ohio USA – September 19, 1881 New Jersey USA Geronimo 3 Apache Leader o June, 1829 Arizona USA -- 1909 Oklahoma USA Nicholay Gogol 23 Russian Writer Inspector General o 1809 Russia – 1852 Russia Ulysses S. Grant 10 Civil War General, 18th President of the United States o April 27, 1822 Ohio, USA -- July 23, 1885 New York USA William Henry Harrison 59 9th President of the United States o February 9, 1773 Virginia USA – April 4, 1841 WDC USA YRutherford Birchard Hayes 10 19th President of the United States o October 4, 1822 Ohio USA – January 17, 1893 Ohio USA Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt 63 Scientist, Humboldt Current o September 14, 1769 Germany -- May 6, 1859 Germany Samuel Houston 39 In Oklahoma future Texas President lived with Cherokees. o March 2, 1793 Virginia USA -- July 26, 1863 Texas USA Washington Irving 49 Wrote A Tour on the Prairies, a first look at Oklahoma o April 3, 1783 New York USA -- November 28, 1859 New York, USA Andrew Jackson 65 7th President of United States, President in 1832 WDC o March 15, 1767 South Carolina USA – June 8, 1845 Tennessee USA Andrew Johnson 24 17th President of the United States o December 29, 1808 North Carolina USA – July 31, 1875 Tennessee USA John Jolly 69 Cherokee Chief, Adopted Father of Sam Houston o (1763) Tennessee USA – (1838) Oklahoma USA Kamehameha III 18 King of Hawaii o 1814 Hawaii USA – 1854 Hawaii USA Charles Joseph Latrobe 31 Tourist on the Oklahoma Prairies – Governor in Australia o March 20, 1801 England – December 4, 1875 England Robert Edward Lee 25 University President – Civil War General o January 19, 1807 Virginia USA -- October 12, 1870 Virginia USA Abraham Lincoln 23 16th President of the United States, Man from Illinois o February 12, 1809 Kentucky USA – April 15, 1865 WDC USA Tom Lincoln 54 Pioneer Farmer – Father of Abraham Lincoln o January 6, 1778 Virginia USA – January 17, 1851 Illinois USA John MacArthur 65 Australian Agriculturist – Wool Trade o 1767 England -- April 11, 1834 Australia William Lyon Mackenzie 37 Canadian journalist, Politician, Rebel o March 12, 1795 Scotland -- August 28, 1861 Canada 3 Dolley Dorothea Dandridge Payne Todd Madison 64 Wife of James Madison o May 20, 1768 Guilford County, NC – July 12, 1849 WDC USA James Madison 81 4th President of the United States o March 16, 1751 Virginia USA – June 28, 1836 Virginia USA José de San Martín 25 Liberator of Peru o February 25, 1778 Argentina -- August 17, 1850 France Prince Maha Mongkut 28 King Phrachomklao, Rama IV of Siam, Anna’s King o October 18, 1804 Siam (Thailand) – October 18, 1868 Siam (Thailand) Cynthia Parker 5 Kidnapped by the Comanches – Mother of Quanah Parker o 1827 Texas – Mid 1860’s Texas Robert Peary – 14 (Will discover North Pole 1909) o May 6, 1856 Pennsylvania USA -- February 20, 1920 WDC USA Pedro, II - Also known as: Pedro de Alcantara 7 Emperor of Brazil for 49 Years o December 2, 1825 Brazil -- December 5, 1891 France Franklin Pierce 28 14th President of the United States o November 23, 1804 New Hampshire USA – October 8, 1869 New Hampshire USA James Knox Polk 37 11th President of the United States o November 2, 1795 North Carolina USA – June 15, 1849 Tennessee USA Count Albert-Alexandre Pourtales 20 Tourist in Oklahoma with Washington Irving o 1812 Swiss Federation -- 1861 France Joseph Jenkins Roberts 23 1st President of Liberia, founded by American Blacks o March 15, 1809 Virginia USA – February 24, 1876 Liberia Tiana, Diana Rogers 24 Cherokee Wife of Sam Houston, lived at Wigwam Neosho o (1808) Tennessee USA – (1838) Oklahoma USA John Ross 42 Principal Chief of the Cherokees o October 3, 1790 Tennessee USA – August 1, 1866 Oklahoma USA William Seattle 46 Chief of Dwamish, Susquamish and allied tribes in Norhtwest o 1786 Washington USA – June 7, 1866 Washington USA Sequoyah 62 Great Genius – Cherokee Syllabary o 1770 Tennessee USA -- August, 1843 Mexico Antonio López de Santa Ana 28 President Mexico – Mexican General at The Alamo o 1794 Mexico -- June 20, 1876 Mexico Tecumseh Sherman 12 Civil War o February 8, 1820 Ohio USA -- February 14, 1891 New York USA Ceran De Hault De Lassus de St.