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Lesson Theme:  

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

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Topic, Grades, & Time:

Topic:   Chapter 2: Culture of Conquest
Grades:  11th Grade
Time:  ~2.5 days or ~125 minutes (depending on school activities) & 34 minutes outside of class

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Materials and Sources:

• Sources: Dunbar-Ortiz, R. (2014). An Indigenous peoples’ history of the United States. Beacon Press.
• Materials (practitioner):  (1a) text (print); (1b) text (digital); (2) desktop/laptop/tablet; (3) access to internet; (4) assignments; & (5) coffee/tea (optional)
• Materials (student):  (1a) text (print); (1b) text (digital); if 1b (2) laptop/tablet; (3) access to internet; (4) assignments; & (5) note-taking gear

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Covered Standards:

• National State Standards Common Core:  
• ​Montana State Standards:  
• Indian Education For All:  
• College, Career, and Readiness:  

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Rationale:

Chapter 2 analyzes the “culture of conquest” involving “violence, expropriation, destruction, and dehumanization” in the Americas as originally developing in Europe prior to European colonization of the Americas. The chapter identifies one of the origins as the Crusades from the 11th through 13th centuries that involved conquering North Africa and the Middle East regions, particularly to control Muslim trade routes. The chapter calls this approach a “profitbased religion” that was later brought to the Americas by colonizers who sought wealth for themselves while displaying “a Christian zeal that justified colonialism.”

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Measurable Outcomes:

• Students will, through literacy, be able to understand key ideas and details.
• Students will, through literacy, be able to understand craft and structure.
• Students will, through literacy, be able to understand the integration of knowledge and ideas.
• Students will, through literacy, comprehend a range of reading and level of text complexity.
• ​Students will, through literacy, be able to understand text types and purposes.
• Students will, through literacy, be able to produce a production and distribution of writing.
• Students will, through literacy, research to build and present knowledge.
• Students will, through literacy, demonstrate a presentation of knowledge and ideas.
• Students will, through literacy, demonstrate a range of writing.
  

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Sequence:

• 0-5 mins - Administration (i.e. attendance, announcements, etc.)
• 5 - 25 mins (practitioner) - Check on student progress (time may vary, due to class size and time spent on each student).
• 5 - 45 mins (students) - Work on the required assignments.  Please refer to Introduction Page.
• 45 - 50 mins -​ Exit question (check on progress of each student, time varies).

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Behavioral Expectations:

• Universal design for learning and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) will curb any behavior issues regarding student choice of sequence.
• Student's will be engaged 80-90% of the class time.
• Students' will be engaged due to the collaboration component of the lesson.

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Assessment(s):

Formative:

• Oral inquiry throughout the lesson will check for comprehension and understanding, acting as a pre-assessment.

Summative:

• Chapter 2 Task Overview

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Differentiation:

Multiple Levels of Questions: Primary use: readiness & learning profiles. All questions presented will advance problem-solving skills and responses. This strategy will ensure that all students will be accountable for information and thinking at a high level and that all students will be challenged. In addition, all text will have the ability to utilize text-to-speech technology and visual-audiobook with close-caption capability.
Activity:  Chapter 2 Task Overview