Mission 3: “A Cheyenne Odyssey” COMPLETE CLASSROOM GUIDE TEACHER’S GUIDE Table of Contents Overview Content Advisory .......................................................................................................................................... 5 About Mission 3: “A Cheyenne Odyssey” ........................................................................................ .......... 7 Mission 3 At A Glance ............................................................................................................................... 11 Essential Questions ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Models of Instruction .................................................................................................................................. 15 Learning Goals ............................................................................................................................................ 20 National Standards Alignment ................................................................................................................... 23 Background Timeline of Events Before, During, and After the Mission ........................................................................ 28 Educator’s Primer on the Historical Period ................................................................................................ 33 Glossary of Key Terms ................................................................................................................................ 40 Character/Location Overview and Historical Figure Profiles .................................................................... 46 Myths and Misinformation ......................................................................................................................... 55 Top 5 Things To Know Before You Play..................................................................................................... 60 Activities Pre-Game Activity ...................................................................................................................................... 62 Activity for Use through the Game: Friend or Foe? Encounters on the Plains .......................................... 65 Prologue Writing Prompts ......................................................................................................................... 72 Part 1: Seeing Shadows Part 1 Document Based Activity: Northern Cheyenne Life ....................................................................... 74 Part 1 Vocabulary Activity ......................................................................................................................... 83 Part 1 Writing Prompts .............................................................................................................................. 92 Part 1 Review Questions ............................................................................................................................ 95 Part 1 Review Questions Answer Key ........................................................................................................ 99 Part 2: Friend or Foe? Part 2 Document Based Activity: The Buffalo and the Cheyenne ............................................................ 101 Part 2 Vocabulary Activity ....................................................................................................................... 114 Part 2 Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 123 Part 2 Review Questions .......................................................................................................................... 126 Part 2 Review Questions Answer Key ...................................................................................................... 130 Part 3: Raiding the Iron Horse Part 3 Document Based Activity: “American Progress” ......................................................................... 133 Part 3 Vocabulary Activity ....................................................................................................................... 139 Part 3 Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 148 2 TEACHER’S GUIDE Part 3 Review Questions .......................................................................................................................... 151 Part 3 Review Questions Answer Key ...................................................................................................... 155 Part 4: Broken Words Part 4 Document Based Activity: The Fort Laramie Treaty (1868) ......................................................... 158 Part 4 Vocabulary Activity ....................................................................................................................... 171 Part 4 Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 180 Part 4 Review Questions .......................................................................................................................... 183 Part 4 Review Questions Answer Key ...................................................................................................... 187 Part 5: Battle of the Greasy Grass Part 5 Document Based Activity: The Greasy Grass and the Little Bighorn ........................................... 190 Part 5 Vocabulary Activity ....................................................................................................................... 203 Part 5 Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 212 Part 5 Review Questions .......................................................................................................................... 215 Part 5 Review Questions Answer Key ...................................................................................................... 219 Epilogue Epilogue Document Based Activity: Manifest Destiny ............................................................................ 222 Resources Additional Media Resources ..................................................................................................................... 229 Character and Scene Printables ................................................................................................................ 235 Primary Source Documents Part 1 George Catlin, Buffalo Hunt (1844) ....................................................................................................... 258 Ledger Art, Courting Couple - Porcupine ............................................................................................. 259 Ledger Art, Courting Couple – Wild Hog ............................................................................................. 260 Wooden Leg Describes His Childhood ............................................................................................... 261 Iron Teeth on Training Horses ............................................................................................................. 262 Saukamappee's Recollections ............................................................................................................... 263 Part 2 Buffalo Hunting from a Train: On the Kansas-Pacific Railroad print ................................................ 264 The Buffalo Harvest ............................................................................................................................... 265 Sentiments and Views of the Western Pioneers ................................................................................. 266 Wooden Leg Recalls Trips to the Trading Post .................................................................................. 268 Soldier Accounts of the Coming of Red Cloud’s War ....................................................................... 270 Visit to a Trading Post (1850) ................................................................................................................ 272 Part 3 Plains Indian Quotes about Railroads ................................................................................................. 273 3 TEACHER’S GUIDE US Government and Military Quotes about Plains Indians ............................................................ 274 Across the Continent: “Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way” print ...................................... 276 Eyewitness Accounts of the Sand Creek Massacre ............................................................................ 277 Editorial from the Rocky Mountain News (1864) .............................................................................. 281 Account from Charles Sharman, Railroad Surveyor on the Union Pacific Railroad .................... 283 Part 4 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty ...................................................................................................................... 284 US Peace Commissioners at Fort Laramie, Wyoming ...................................................................... 293 Photographs of Custer’s Expedition in 1874 ...................................................................................... 294 Part 5 Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn