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Related Websites

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
Indian Removal site

http://www.studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm
Historical overview

http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/chronolo.html
Chronology of events

http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/jackson.htm
Andrew Jackson’s case for removal

http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/dye/docs/removal.htm
Text of removal act

http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/hist7/lecsix.htm
Indian reaction to Act

http://www.imsa.edu/edu/socsci/jvictory/
required_sem1/indian_removal_sc.htm
Cherokee Nation v Georgia

http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/techtrac/plus/taylor/who's%20who.htm
Major players

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3083t.html
Cherokee letter related to Indian Removal

1. Students act as journalists reporting on the Indian Removal Act.
2. They visit designated web sites and write factual articles about the developments.

We have suggested “newspaper” topics for each site. Feel free to adapt them as appropriate.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
Indian Removal site.
This serves as a good introductory site for research by students and teachers.

http://www.studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm
Historical overview of Indian removal.
This site would be a good place to start research.

http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/chronolo.html
Chronology of events.
This site would serve as a way for teachers to make up quizzes and test materials.
The teacher could give quizzes from the timelines of events.

http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/jackson.htm
Andrew Jackson’s case for removal.
This site contains primary sources and Jackson’s appeal to Congress for forceful removal of the indigenous populations.
Suggestion: Have students use quotations from Jackson’s speeches to either bolster their argument for or against Indian removal.

http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/dye/docs/removal.htm
This site contains the actual text of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Quotations from this site would be useful also.

http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/hist7/lecsix.htm
Indian reaction to Act.

http://www.imsa.edu/edu/socsci/jvictory/
required_sem1/indian_removal_sc.htm
Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia.
This is the Supreme Court decision made by Chief Justice John Marshall.
Have students examine the reasons and rational for Justice Marshall’s decision.
Ask students to put themselves in the place of John Marshall.
What would their decision have been concerning removal of the Native Americans?

http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/techtrac/plus/taylor/who's%20who.htm
Major players

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3083t.html
Cherokee letter related to Indian Removal.

Directions: Here are some things to keep in mind when doing your research about the removal of Native Americans from the eastern area of the United States. The following guidelines will help the student in his/her research about Indian removal.

1. Begin your research by looking up the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
   http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/dye/docs/removal.htm
2. In examining this particular piece of legislation, consider the reasons and possible motives that the United States had for relocation of the Native American peoples.
   http://www.imsa.edu/edu/socsci/jvictory/
   required_sem1/indian_removal_sc.htm
3. Examine President Andrew Jackson’s role in this act. Read his first and second speech to Congress concerning the passing of this act. What do you think were Jackson’s motives for wanting the Native Americans to be removed from their land? Do you agree with his reasons? Write down quotations from his speeches to use in your editorial article. Put yourself in Andrew Jackson’s position. Would you have been for or against removal?
   http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/jackson.htm
4. Identify the tribes that were relocated. More importantly, identify the tribes that resisted relocation.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3083t.html
5. Look for exact numbers and figures in order to incorporate into your essay. The more factual information you have the better your argument will be.
6. Examine the Trail of Tears. What was it? Who was involved? Why is it important in the understanding of Indian removal from US territories? Again, examine which tribes were relocated, which resisted, what happened to them, and statistics relating to the Trail of Tears. Give details on what happened to these tribes that were forcefully relocated.

Additional sites:
http://www.studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm
http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/chronolo.html
http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/hist7/lecsix.htm
http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/techtrac/plus/taylor/who's%20who.htm