Unit 4 Unit 4 The Minority Experience In this unit we will take time to investigate the experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, and women.

LT1: I can analyze the interaction between Native American Cultures and colonial Europeans Native American background information – Pope’s Rebellion - m m – Spain’s encomienda system – ofperu/p/Spain-S-American-Colonies-And-The- Encomienda-System.htm ofperu/p/Spain-S-American-Colonies-And-The- Encomienda-System.htm Native Americans on the eve of British Colonization –

LT2: I can analyze and evaluate federal and state policies toward American Indians in the first half of the 19 th Century Corps of Discovery – – Background on the Age of Jackson – Background material for the Trail of Tears – Videos covering the Trail of Tears – history/trail-of-tears history/trail-of-tears – /AndrewJackson-TrailofTears/ /AndrewJackson-TrailofTears/

LT3: I can analyze significant events for Native American tribes and their responses to those events in the late 19 th Century Closing of the American Frontier – Indian Wars of the late 1800s – on.asp?id=6 on.asp?id=6 Impact of the Railroad on Native Americans – es/general-article/tcrr-tribes/ es/general-article/tcrr-tribes/ Significance of the Buffalo to the Plains Indians – five/whitemanspipe.htm five/whitemanspipe.htm – five/woundinheart.htm five/woundinheart.htm

An interview with Donald Fixico, Thomas Bowlus Distinguished Professor of American Indian History and Director of the Center for Indigenous Nations Studies at the University of Kansas – e/features/interview/tcrr-interview/ e/features/interview/tcrr-interview/

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