Trail+of+Tears+Webquest

**Trail of Tears Virtual Trip log**

**Manifest Destiny Inquiry** > > manifest = > destiny = > > John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States (1825-1829), wrote in 1811: > "The whole continent appears to be  **destined...** to be peopled by one nation. The acquisition of a definite line of boundary to the [Pacific] forms a great epoch in our history." > > In 1845, John O'Sullivan, a New Yorker and editor of the //United States Magazine and Democratic Review,//  wrote: > "Away, away with all these cobweb tissues of rights of discovery, exploration, settlement, contiguity, etc. The American claim is by the right of our **manifest destiny**  to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federative self-government entrusted to us. It is a right such as that of the tree to the space of air and earth suitable for the full expansion of its principle and **destiny** of growth. ...It is in our future far more than in the past history of Spanish exploration or French colonial rights, that our True Title is to be found." > > > manifest = > destiny = > > > Adams - > O'Sullivan - > > Did they agree or not? Why? > > > > > [|Reason #1] > [|Reason #2] > [|Reason #3] > Use the map scale to estimate how many miles the Cherokee traveled by foot. > Those who began walking in November arrived to their new land by March. > Approximately how many miles did they travel each day? > > > **It is Spring.** > The leaves are on the trees. I am playing with my friends when white men in uniforms ride up to our home. My mother calls me. I can tell by her voice that something is wrong. Some of the men ride off. My mother tells me to gather my things, but the men don't allow us time to get anything. They enter our home and begin knocking over pottery and looking into everything. My mother and I are taken by several men to where their horses are and are held there at gun point. The men who rode off return with my father, Elijah. They have taken his rifle and he is walking toward us…. > They lead us to a stockade. They herd us into this pen like we are cattle. No one was given time to gather any possessions. The nights are still cold in the mountains and we do not have enough blankets to go around. My mother holds me at night to keep me warm. That is the only time I feel safe. I feel her pull me to her tightly. I feel her warm breath in my hair. I feel her softness as I fall asleep at night…. > **It is now Fall.** >  It seems like forever since I was clean. The stockade is nothing but mud. In the morning it is stiff with frost. By mid-afternoon, it is soft and we are all covered in it. The soldiers suddenly tell us we are to follow them. We are led out of the stockade. The guards all have guns and are watching us closely. We walk. My mother keeps me close to her. I am allowed to walk with my uncle or an aunt, occasionally. > We walk across the frozen earth. Nothing seems right anymore. The cold seeps through my clothes. I wish I had my blanket. I remember last winter I had a blanket, when I was warm. I don't feel like I'll ever be warm again. I remember my father's smile. It seems like so long ago…. > When I went to sleep last night, my mother was hot and coughing worse than usual. When I woke up, she was cold. I tried to wake her up, but she lay there. The soft warmth she once was, she is no more. I kept touching her, as hot tears stream down my face. She couldn't leave me. She wouldn't leave me. > I hear myself call her name, softly, then louder. She does not answer. My aunt and uncle come over to me to see what is wrong. My aunt looks at my mother. My uncle pulls me from her. My aunt begins to wail. I will never forget that wail. I did not understand when my father died. My mother's death I do not understand, but I suddenly know that I am alone. My clan will take care of me, but I will be forever denied her warmth, the soft fingers in my hair, her gentle breath as we slept. I am alone. I want to cry. I want to scream in rage. I can do nothing…. > I know what it is to hate. I hate those white soldiers who took us from our home. I hate the soldiers who make us keep walking through the snow and ice toward this new home that none of us ever wanted. I hate the people who killed my father and mother. > I hate the white people who lined the roads in their woolen clothes that kept them warm, watching us pass. None of those white people are here to say they are sorry that I am alone. None of them care about me or my people. All they ever saw was the color of our skin. All I see is the color of theirs and I hate them. > > - > - > - > - > > - > - > - > - > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">List at least 5 things that these images show about the Trail of Tears experience. > > > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Go to the Sequoyah Research Center’s <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Family Stories from the Trail of Tears] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">website > OR <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Digital History] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> site for more personal stories > OR read the story of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Pvt. John G. Burnett] > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Read at least 2 more personal stories and answer the questions below. > **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal Account #1 ** > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Who did you read about? > 2. Describe their experience. > What did they see/hear? > 3. How did they feel? How did it impact them? > > **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal Account #1 ** > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Who did you read about? > 2. Describe their experience. > What did they see/hear? > 3. How did they feel? How did it impact them? > > > Although most of the images in this <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|video] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">are from recent history (1978) – explain how this song and the images could also have represented the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears. Refer to the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|full text lyrics] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to help you understand the song’s theme. > > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the images contains the quote: “For some of us the longest walk never ended.” What could this mean? Explain. > > > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|US paper currency] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. For each, list 1-2 reasons why that President may have been chosen. > > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//“We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...// > > <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider that Andrew Jackson was President during the Removal of 70,000 -100,000 Native Americans from their homelands. Explain how President Jackson upheld this ideal of “all men being equal?” > Is it appropriate that he is honored on the $20 bill? Justify your response with at least two reasons of support. > >
 * 1) What does[| this map of the United State] illustrate?
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using these quotes as clues, think about what you think the words <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//manifest// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//destiny// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> mean.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now use the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|dictionary] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (or Define in Google) to define these words as they are used in the above passage, and see how close you came to that meaning.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What do you think Adams and O'Sullivan were saying about the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Ocean?
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Briefly describe the purpose of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Indian Removal Act 1830__]
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use the following sites to determine why the Cherokee were forced to move. (this <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|satire commercial] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> has ideas)
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Look at this <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|map of the Trail] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. How many states does the Trail cross?
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #00b050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -27pt; vertical-align: baseline;">**Samuel’s Memory: (a true account of a boy on the trail)**
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -27pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Based on Samuel’s memory, record at least 4 specific things that happened on the Trail of Tears that he experienced.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What do you think would be some of the possible long-term effects of this action on the Cherokee people? List at least 4.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Looking at these images. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Painting #1] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Painting #2] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|image #3]
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Meet some more people along the Trail and listen to their stories.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep Walking with Native Americans on “ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|The Longest Walk] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">”
 * 1) P<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">resident Andrew Jackson is pictured on the US $20 bill. Identify the presidents pictured on
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The United States Constitution states,
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Listen to this discussion__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Was President Jackson to blame for the Trail of Tears?
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: -27pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who would you place on the US $20 bill, instead of Andrew Jackson. Why? (Give at least two reasons for support)