Presidents and native americans

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Native Americans

Lesson goals: students are able to:

- Give a short summary of the mentioned tribes.

- Distinguish native american words from words that have other origins.

- Give a short summary of Pocahontas and Sacagawea.

1876, The Battle at Little Bighorn

1876, South Dakota.

Aka The Battle of the Greasy Grass / Custer's Last Stand

Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes  versus

7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army

Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull   versus 

 Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.

The most victorious  Native American uprise against  white supression.

1890, The massacre at  Wounded Knee

1890, South Dakota.

US payback for Little Big Horn.

Major Samuel M. Whitside,  7th Cavalry regiment.

300 (disarmed) Lakota men, women and children slaughtered.

7th Cavalry regiment honoured by US government.

Native Americans used to be called Indians because:

1. They originally came from India.
2. Colombus thought he landed in India.
3. They look like people from India.
4. India befriended America.

Punk hairdo is a copy paste
from

1. Cherokee hairdo
2. Mohawk hairdo
3. Apache hairdo
4. Sioux hairdo

“We had better, in order to protect our civilization, wipe these untamed and untamable creatures from the earth.” Line from South Dakota author L. Frank Baum, who later became world famous with

1. Alice in Wonderland
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3. Oliver Twist
4. The Little Prince

1596-1617

Pocahontas

Was presented to English society as an example of the "civilized savage"

Sacagawea

1788-1812

Guided the Lewis and Clark expedition West

Native American word

Word of other origin

 Barbecue: Barbacoa

Coyote: Coyotl

Chipmunk: Chitmunk

Hurricane: Hurakán

Cigar: Sik'ar

Pig: P'ika

Sun: Sunsr'a

Lesson goals: students are able to:

- Give a short summary of presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Trump, Nixon, Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

- Link the name of Obama, Bush, Clinton, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Trump, Nixon, Washington and Abraham Lincoln to the picture.

- explain the difference between the republican and democratic party.

Was it Clinton or Bush?

He served as the 43rd president of the USA. He was mostly know for his war against terror after 9/11 happened.

1. Bill Clinton
2. George W. Bush
3. Hillary Clinton
4. George W.A. Bush

He was the 42nd president of the USA. He attempted to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and restored the federal budget defecit. His presidency was overshadowed by scandals.

1. Bill Clinton
2. George W. Bush
3. Hillary Clinton
4. George W.A. Bush

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Theodore  Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln

First president of the USA

Spiritual father of the USA.

'All men are created equal'

Nobel prize winner for peace

Played key role in ending slavery

What do you know about this man?

What were these presidents to 'blame' for?

In the USA you have democrats and republicans. Explain the difference between these two major parties.