12th Grade Native Americans PowerPoint Presentations
Native American Residential Schools in the U.S. (Gallery Walk Activity)
By Sarah Austin
Through the critical analysis of primary sources, this unique lesson will have students explore how Native American residential schools in the United States served as sites of both cultural loss and cultural persistence.
Using primary sources, the gallery walk begins in the early beginnings of the residential school experience with the first school opening its’ doors at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and then carries on to present-day issues. This resource will bring the photographs to life as students will be provided with additional background information that will come in the form of first hand accounts and testimonies of the people who experienced the residential schools. Critical thinking and discussion is promoted throughout the lesson.
Materials Include:
- Teacher Reference Guide
- 62 Slide Presentation (NEW ABRIDGED SHORTER VERSION ALSO AVAILABLE WITH THIS PURCHASE)
- Graphic Organizer
- 20 Primary Sources Photographs
- Optional Debate Activity: ‘Should Native American mascots be removed from sports teams?
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