Indian Removal: Think-Aloud

Standards: Alabama Course of Study, Social Studies, 4th Grade

Standard 3. List reasons for European exploration and settlement in Alabama and the impact of Europeans on trade, health, land expansion, and tribal reorganization of Native American populations in Alabama.

• Naming social, political, and economic outcomes of the Creek Civil War and the Creek War in Alabama
• Examples:
  • social-adoption of European culture by Native Americans, opening of Alabama land for settlement;
  • political-breaking of power of Native Americans, labeling of Andrew Jackson as a hero and propelling him toward presidency;
  • economic-acquisition of tribal land in Alabama by the United States
• Identifying the impact of the Trail of Tears on Alabama’s Native Americans

Standards:  National Council for the Social Studies, Early Grades

Strand 1: Culture

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of culture and cultural diversity.

Strand 2: Time, Continuity, and Change

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the past and its legacy.

Strand 3: People, Places & Environments

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of people, places and environments.

Strand 5: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.

Strand 6: Power, Authority, and Governance

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create, interact with, and change structures of power, authority, and governance.

Strand 10: Civic Ideals and Practices

• Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic.