The Cherokee: Trail Where They Cried

GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will learn of The Trail of Tears, which relates the results of European and Colonial American contact with the Cherokee Indians. The issue of why boundaries are changed will be explored.
Author: 
Sara Jenkins
Grade Range: 
5
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf icon6 Traits Writing Rubric
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions with ELL Adapatations
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets and Assessments for ELL Lesson
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application/pdf iconStudent Example
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Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
4: Human Systems
5: Environment and Society
National Geography Standards: 
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations