Daily Lessons for Teaching Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Part 1 The title of this book is "Custer Died for your Sins, An Indian Manifesto." The objective of this lesson is to understand what a manifesto is and what purpose this book serves as a manifesto.

1) Vocabulary: Manifesto: A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as a...
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