Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Lesson Plan

Chapters 10-13

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.5

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Chapters 10-13

Battles over resources were often the source of conflict between Indians and whites, as well as the cause of broken promises over territories. In California, tribes were under-organized, poorly led, and conquered easily by the Spaniards. Wholesale exterminations, especially...