Mastery Objective
Students examine the treatment of Native Americans as Europeans began to settle in America and how religious liberty was denied to Native Americans.
Readings
Written Assignment
Students examine the treatment of Native Americans as Europeans began to settle in America and how religious liberty was denied to Native Americans.
Readings
- Chapter 2, Culture of Conquest in An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
- John M. Barry on Roger Williams and the Indians from Smithsonian Magazine online.
- Excerpt from Roger Williams, A Key to the Language of America
- Request of the Cherokee People, Chapter 9 in First Freedoms
Written Assignment
Lessons
Day 3 (Storyboard outlining culture of conquest)
Day 3 (Storyboard outlining culture of conquest)
- Using Chapter Two from An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, students should create a storyboard that outlines the culture of the Europeans. Students should explain the features of each characteristic such as land as private property, white supremacy and class, terminal narrative, and gold fever.
- Discussion: How does Dunbar-Ortiz’s culture of conquest differ from what you learned in world history about the conquest of the Americas? Do you find convincing her characterization of Protestantism as a “profit-based religion?”
- Watch, Students watch Christianity and the Native American Religious Experience and respond to the following questions:
- List and offer evidence for each of the four common elements of colonization of Native Americans.
- List and explains three trends of the colonial period.
- What did you find most surprising about the lecture?
Day 4 (Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson on Native Americans)
- Students create a poster comparing the views of Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson on Native Americans. Resources include a handout of parts of Lesson One from Living with our Deepest Differences and a copy A Native Plea for Equal Treatment under the Law from First Freedoms, Chapter 9
- Watch: Students watch the first fifteen minutes of God in America: New Adam. Students should record the experiences Native Americans encounter through their introduction to Christianity
- Exit Exercise: How did Thomas Jefferson, a key architect of religious freedom, justify using federal money to promote missionary activities toward Native American tribes?