Intro to Sherman Alexie_Reservation Life

Today we are going to:

Learn more about the Native Americans,
Discuss what reservations are (this is important to understanding the story),
Discuss our reading groups.

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Slide 1: Tekstslide

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In deze les zitten 10 slides, met interactieve quiz, tekstslides en 1 video.

Lesduur is: 45 min

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Today we are going to:

Learn more about the Native Americans,
Discuss what reservations are (this is important to understanding the story),
Discuss our reading groups.

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

A Quick Overview

Total number of people in the U.S.:

About 330,000,000

Number of Native Americans:

About 3,000,000

(or 1% of the population)

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

3,000,000 people / 574 tribes

3,000,000 in the United States
574 different tribes

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Reservations

The Indian reservation system established pieces of land called reservations for Native Americans to live on as white settlers took over their land (from history.com)

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

326 reservations / 800,000 Indians live there ( about 1/3 of all Indians)

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

The Mississippi River

Trail of Tears (1830 - 1850)

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

This story takes place here

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Reservations

Slide 8 - Woordweb

Slide 9 - Video

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Slide 10 - Link