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Learning Target: I will be able to explain how demand for land and resources led the United States into conflict with Native Americans, and their eventual removal from their native lands.
Illinois Social Science Standards
Illinois Social Science Standards
SS.H.4.6-8.LC: Explain multiple causes and effects of historical events.
SS.H.4.6-8.MdC: Compare the central historical arguments in secondary works across multiple media.
SS.H.4.6-8.MC: Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past.
Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns
SS.G.4.6-8.LC: Identify how cultural and environmental characteristics vary among regions of the world.
SS.G.4.6-8.MdC: Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use.
SS.G.4.6-8.MC: Analyze how the environmental characteristics of places and production of goods influence patterns of world trade.
Key Terms
Key Terms
Assimilation - the process by which an individual or group adopts the cultural norms, values, and behaviors of a dominant group.
After reading the article, “Slaughtered for the Hide,” consider how the mass killing of the American Bison affected more than just the animal population. In one strong paragraph, explain how the destruction of the buffalo herds changed life for Native American tribes and American Settlers migrating west. What does this article in "Harper's Weekly" reveal to us about how westward expansion impacted both people and the environment?
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