1) Students will be able to experience the life of Native Americans before and after European arrival through primary and secondary sources
2) Students will be able to identify and describe the struggles the Indian nations had in attempting to get the United States recognize and keep up treaties in the late 18
th
& 19
th
Century
3) Students will be able to research how Indian nations and activist groups began to gain political clout in the 21
st
Century in preparation for a mock trial against the BIA and DOI held by the United Nations
4) Students will be able to design an argument on why it is important to learn about Native American history through stories, poetry, and movies by Native Americans
5) Students will be able to create fictional proposal and ad-campaign on what should be done to help the Native Americans gain control of their tribal communities and public perception of cultural identities to get them as close to their pre-European arrival status