Web Quest: Carlisle Indian Industrial School

A problem-based approach at investigating the Carlisle Indian School & the “Americanization” of Native Americans Web Quest: Carlisle Indian Industrial School Be sure to view as a slide show so the links work.

Setting the Scene • We have been discussing the “Clash of Cultures” between white settlers and Native Americans in the post-Civil War West for the past few weeks. • Major questions arose as to how to deal with the “Indian question” as settlers moved west. • One man, Richard Henry Pratt, developed the idea of “civilizing” the Native American children in schools such as the one he ran in Carlisle, PA. He called it “killing the Indian, saving the man.” • Your job will be to analyze and evaluate this school movement.

Think about what we already know… Complete a Venn Diagram using the maps on the next two pages. Complete the Moodle Journal entitled “The Clash of Cultures”. In this journal you will explain the interaction between Native American tribes and white settlers. You must cite the maps as evidence. Before you Begin…

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Click on the links below to navigate your way through your project. STEPS TO FOLLOW TASK PRODUCTS Now It’s Your Turn! OBJECTIVES Print Sources Audio/Video Sources

Your task is to investigate the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and its impact on Native American Culture. • Your research will focus on primary sources. As a group, you must analyze the following: • 2 photographs using the NARA Photograph Analysis Sheet • 2 print resources using the SEA Method • 1 song using the NARA Sheet • 1 video using the NARA Sheet • Your final project will be to complete a digital story using Microsoft Power Point or Photo Story that does the following: • Retells the story of Carlisle Indian Industrial. • Contrast and Compare Indian Schools to current educational practices • Analyzes & evaluates the goals and methods of the school. • Relates one of the major themes of the year to the school • Conflict & Compromise in American History • Continuity & Change in American History Your Task

You will identify and evaluate the objectives of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and Indian Boarding Schools like it. • Analyze the impact of Indian Boarding Schools on Native American culture. • Things to Remember: • Your final product should tell the story of the Carlisle Indian School • Your final product should also place the Indian School within the larger context of the “clash of cultures” in American in the late 19th century. • Think about how this fits with the themes of continuity/change and conflict/compromise in American History. Objectives

Your group will need to turn in a scrap book that includes the following pieces. Products • Group Planning Worksheet • Venn Diagram from the Map Activity • NARA Analysis Worksheets: • 2 Photo Analysis Sheets • A SEA Worksheet for two of the Written Resources • 1 Video Analysis Worksheet • 1 Song Analysis Worksheet • Additional Research Note Cards • Story Board for your Digital Story book • Project Evaluation Journal

Written Resources • New England Magazine • Work at Carlisle by Richard Henry Pratt • The Red Arrow • Images and Photos • Three Native Americans at the Carlisle Indian School • Three Young Men at the Carlisle Indian School • 1894 Graduating Class from Carlisle • Pratt and the Indian Children Print sources

Audio Sources • Mineola • The Indian Mother’s Lullaby • Video Sources • Our Spirits Don’t Speak English • Indian Day School • Hyde Park School Room • For additional information listen to these radio programs about Indian Schools in the US • American Indian Schools • American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many Audio and Video Sources

Choose Groups • Develop your research plan • Conduct your research plan • Evaluate your research and re-plan • Complete your primary source research and any additional secondary source research • Create Digital Story • Project Evaluation Journal on Moodle • Upon completing this assignment, what do you think you did particularly well and what things could have used some work? • What grade do you believe you deserve on this assignment and why? • Which of the following themes can be applied to this situation: • Continuity and change • Conflict and Compromise • Explain how you could apply this theme to the Carlisle Indian School. Process

Now that you’ve come to an end of your research and project you should have come to a few generalization and conclusions on your own. • The goal of the school was simply to assimilate Native Americans into the American culture. • Do you believe Pratt and his employees at Carlisle were justified in their actions? • What do you believe was the greatest impact of the Indian School movement on American culture? Conclusions

Print Sources • Library of Congress • Duke University Digital Collections • Yale University Digital Collections • Photowest • Audio/Video Sources • NPR • The Open Video Project • Indie Spirit Films Festival Sources

Web Quest: Carlisle Indian Industrial School