The Cherokee/Seminole Removal Role Play
Teaching Activity PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 10 pages.
Role play on the Cherokee-Seminole removal or Trail of Tears.
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In her book A Century of Dishonor, published in 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson wrote, “There will come a time in the remote future when, to the student of American history [the Cherokee removal] will seem well-nigh incredible.”
The events leading up to the infamous Trail of Tears, when U.S. soldiers marched Cherokee Indians at bayonet-point almost a thousand miles from Georgia to Oklahoma, offer a window into the nature of U.S. expansion-in the early 19th century, but also throughout this country’s history.
Published by Teaching for Change.
Key words: Trail of Tears, Cherokee, Seminole, Indians, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Georgia, Indian Removal, Andrew Jackson, relocation, white conquest.
Democracy & Citizenship, Native American, Racism & Racial Identity
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I'd love any additional resources people have found regarding primary sources and the 5 roles used in this simulation. I'd like to give students the option of additional sources to use and have found some good sources (text on treaties, some speeches by Congressmen both for/against, etc). I'm really needing some additional sources for Black Seminoles, Missionaries, and Southern Planters. If anyone has any sources (particularly online!) I'd be very grateful! Kate Harrigan (8th Grade teacher)
- Kate Harrigan