Many know that Native Americans were forced off their lands and moved west, but how did these people react? The Red Sticks faction of the Creek nation opted to defend themselves and their lands in a series of wars called the Eastern...

What did Andrew Jackson have to do with the Indian Removal Act? Learn more about a pivotal moment in American history with a jigsaw activity. Learners from each group choose different historical figures and/or events to research, then...

Kindergartners take a close look at three Native American tribes: the Navajo, the Comanchee, and the Cherokee. Each of the tribes gets one solid week of study, and a pow-wow is held as a culminating activity where the children portray...

A lot happened during the Jefferson presidency. Prepare learners for a test on the Jefferson era with a handy and complete study guide. There are six vocabualry words, eight major events, 12 important people, 11 main ideas, and two essay...

In this social studies worksheet, students complete a 25 question multiple choice quiz about early American colonial life and the Cherokee and other Native American tribes.

These slides are attractively designed but some contain a lot of text.  Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Aztec, Mayan, Olmec, and Mississippi Mound Builders are the pre-colonial Native American groups detailed in this PowerPoint. The...

A fabulous PowerPoint resource that thoroughly and accurately desicribes the Cherokee culture from the 1500's through the mid-1800's when they were forced to leave their homeland and march to Oklahoma in the famous, "Trail of Tears."...

Students investigate U.S. history by reading American Indian stories. In this Cherokee Indian lesson, students identify the cruelty inflicted towards Native Americans by the European settlers and the "trail of tears" that were left....

In this Native American history worksheet, learners respond to 14 short answer questions about Cherokee removal polices and the Trail of Tears.

Students watch a movie about the Trail of Tears of the Cherokee Indians and re-enact the lessons learned. In this Cherokee culture lesson plan, students fill out a KWL chart, read books, complete a graphic organizer, and complete their...

Students discuss and research the Trail of Tears.  In this Native American history unit, students read stories about and research information about the Cherokee Indians and the Trail of Tears.  Students work in literature circles and...

Second graders create their own poetry. In this poetry lesson, 2nd graders research information about the Cherokee Indians. They use descriptive language to put this information into an acrostic poem. 

Young scholars examine Native American oral traditions. In this Georgia history lesson, students discuss Native American oral traditions and research stories of migration. Young scholars create their own oral history projects that...

Eleventh graders research the history and resilience of American  Indians /indigenous people.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders examine the importance of telling and learning about personal and cultural history.  Students...

For this physical maps worksheet, students use the landform map to study the path of the Ohio River. Students use the map which also shows the Cherokee land in the 1800s to answer the questions.

Students read and research American Indian creation stories as a way to understand the origins of American Literature. They conduct Internet research utilizing Internet search engines. They create an online report page as well as write...

Seventh graders create list of materials that family of four would need to live and survive in the forest, identify four natural resources used by Cherokee Indians to build shelter, create poster that depicts Cherokee hamlet in summer or...

Eleventh graders use timelines, primary sources and the Internet to research the removal of Cherokee Indians from their land the subsequent Trail of Tears march. They use their findings to stage and participate in a mock trial.

Learners examine the reason for removal of the Cherokee and other Indian nations. They map the water route of the Trail of Tears from its origination in the east and through the Arkansas River Valley to Indian Territory.

Second graders research the life of Sequoyah and his contributions to the Cherokee Nation. They read Cherokee myths, examine the development and form of the Cherokee alphabet, write stories and complete art projects.

Students use this activity as an introduction to the unit on Cherokee Native Americans. They discuss and research Cherokee dress and homes and identify difference between the Cherokee and the individuals in the class.

Students read Diane Glancy's "Pushing the Bear" about the Cherokee Removal and respond online to a discussion board. They discuss responses in class.

Students write a poem about the land they are from. They research the previous inhabitants of the same land - the Cherokee Indians - and write a poem about the land from a Cherokee perspective.

Students, through the use of examining video clips and Websites, become familiar with the reasons that the settlers wanted the land, broke treaties, and initiated the Indian Removal Act leading to the Trail of Tears.