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Note to Parents 5th/5th January Treasure Quest Whats the Fuss Math games



Travel the Trail of Knowledge
By EB McKibben

 Hewes Middle School

 

Instructions: 

Answer the ten questions below and use the web links to help answer them.  Simply click on the website and you will be connected.  Find the answer in the website and type the answer on the provided lines.  Sometimes you will be connected to a home page and therefore, need to click on the different websites and use the information to create an answer.  Also, you have the option of printing the page out and writing the answers straight on it.  To print, click file and click print.

Trail of Tears
URL: http://www.nps.gov/trte/

Who traveled the “Trail of Tears”; at what time and where did they travel?

Background-North Carolina Chapter: Trail of Tears Association
URL: http://www.arch.dcr.state.nc.us/tears/
Why was the trail called the “Trail of Tears”?

Trail of Tears
URL: http://www.42explore2.com/trailoftears.htm
Evaluate the reaction to the establishment of the “Trail of Tears”.  Fill out the T-chart and name who was for and against the “Trail of Tears.”

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AGAINST

Trail of Tears-Aftermath
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears
Summarize the affect of the “Trail of Tears.”

Lesson 12 Americans Push West-the “Trail of Tears”
URL: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/nation_grows/lesson_12.htm
Propose a better solution instead of the “Trail of Tears.”

Indian Removal
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
Prioritize the causes from greatest to least.

The Trail Where They Cried
URL: http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/history/trail.htm
Outline the conditions the Indians were forced to walk.

Samuel’s Memory
URL: http://cherokeehistory.com/samuel.html

http://www.rosecity.net/tears/
Construct a letter, eulogy, or story as a Cherokee Indian forced to walk the “Trail of Tears.”

Andrew Jackson and Indian Removal Policies
URL: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~landc/2003/projects/projects2001/diplomacy/judiciary.html
Analyze the Cherokee and fellow Indians feelings and response. (with violence or a compromise; were they willing to talk it over?)

Native American-Native Americans in the United States
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American
Predict what will happen to the Cherokee Indians and Indians in general in the future (population, culture and traditions).

Conclusion:

Congratulations!  Click here to receive your rightly deserved congratulations.  You have completed the worksheet Travel the Trail of Knowledge.  Through this worksheet you have fully mastered the concept of the “Trail of Tears”.  Hopefully it was enjoyable and you were able to answer all the questions the web links.  Thank you for completing this worksheet.  For more information on the “Trail of Tears” click here.