The Idea of America

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.03.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Rationale
  2. Background
  3. Andrew Jackson, from Boy to Man
  4. Types of Freedom
  5. Treats and Tricks
  6. Life on the Plains and Other Struggles
  7. No Thank You Mr. President!
  8. And Now My Friends, Your Children Please...
  9. Objectives
  10. Sample Lesson Plan Using Strategies
  11. Appendix A: Implementing PA. State Standards
  12. Appendix B
  13. End Notes
  14. Bibliography

An Opportunity for All? Andrew Jackson and the American Indian

Patricia Mitchell-Keita-Doe

Published September 2011

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Appendix B

SOAP stands for source, occasion, audience and purpose- great tool for analyzing documents

"A Father's Plea" Letter : www.geibtechforlearning.org/vu/resources/WindwolfPlea.pdf

Indian School (see bibliography)

A History of Us (see bibliography)

For images: www.loc.gov and www.nara.gov

For further research you might want to take a look at the information the National Park Service has on the Canton Insane Asylum for American Indians and the arrests of Hopi sent to Alcatraz who were imprisoned in 1895 for not sending their children to the Indian Schools

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