About the inquiry

This 4th and 5th grade inquiry expands students’ understandings of Indian removal in the early 1800s by centering Cherokee resistance to removal policies. The compelling question—“How did the Cherokee resist removal?”—engages students in an examination of the Cherokee, whose ancestral homelands include parts of present day Tennessee, and the efforts they took to resist removal through geography, culture, and legal action. 

Compelling Question

How did the Cherokee resist removal?

Staging Question

View Thomas Lindneux’s 1942 painting, The Trail of Tears, and describe the story the artist is telling about Indian Removal.

Summative Performance Task

Argument: ARGUMENT How did the Cherokee resist removal? In Home Groups, construct an argument addressing the compelling question using claims and evidence from each group member’s Expert Group.

Extension:

Taking Informed Action

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