Lesson 1- Understanding the Minority
Stereotype- A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Misconception- A view or opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or understanding.
Misconception- A view or opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or understanding.
Daily Journal #1A
1. List some stereotypes or misconceptions about Native Americans? Are they positive, negative, or both?
1. List some stereotypes or misconceptions about Native Americans? Are they positive, negative, or both?
Maps and Photo Analysis
Journal 1B
1. Take a look at these maps, from what you see or infer, what does this teach us about Native Americans?
1. Take a look at these maps, from what you see or infer, what does this teach us about Native Americans?
Lesson 2- Removal and Assimilation
Daily Journal #2A
1. If you had to move today what would you bring?
2. How would that answer change if you could only take what you can carry?
1. If you had to move today what would you bring?
2. How would that answer change if you could only take what you can carry?
Reading Reflection- Through The Eyes of Natives
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Wisconsin Impacted
Assimilate-to bring into conformity with the customs or attitudes of a group or nation.
Lesson 3-Reservation Living and Experience
How Trauma Gets Passed Down
- This massive trauma expresses itself today in the form of high rates of addiction, violence, alcoholism, and sexual abuse within Native families and communities. Many accounts suggest that the boarding school generations in particular were permanently scarred by their experiences of physical, mental, and sexual abuse in the school system. When these Native children returned to their homes and families, having lost their culture and identity, and began to have families of their own, they were unable to form healthy bonds and passed on these patterns of abuse to their own children, creating cycles of broken families.
Lesson 4- Modern Experience and Discrimination
Discrimination-the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Forestry affect on Native culture
Spend some time looking at each of the mascots logo.
1. Is there stereotyping in these images?
2. Are these images offensive or discriminatory? Why?
1. Is there stereotyping in these images?
2. Are these images offensive or discriminatory? Why?
Lesson 5- Understanding Native American Culture
Summative Assessment
Unit Essay
1. Explain the minority experience for Native Americans living in the United States?
1. Explain the minority experience for Native Americans living in the United States?
- Have a general thesis with evidence and your analysis.