Daily Lessons for Teaching Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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: To allow the students to see the extent of the Native American culture in the US and begin to understand the diversity that existed among the tribes.

1) - Give each student a geographic area within the 48 contiguous United States.
- Have each student research to identify any and all Native American tribes that resided within their area a some point from 1600 to 1800....
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