Settlers' Impact: Squandered Resources and Tribal Clashes
The settlers' disregard for the land led to squandering of resources important to Native Americans, resulting in clashes over land, water, and animals. Explore how actions like overhunting and deforestation fueled conflicts between tribes as they competed for survival.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
You are allowed to download the files provided on this website for personal or commercial use, subject to the condition that they are used lawfully. All files are the property of their respective owners.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
WEEK 20 DAY 3 SQUANDER, CLASH, DEFENSELESS
Unlike Native Americans, the settlers were not respectful of the land. They cut down many trees and hunted too many animals. Excerpt from Survival and Loss: Native American Boarding Schools
When the settlers cut down so many trees and overhunted, they squandered, or carelessly wasted, resources important to Native Americans. Squander: Carelessly waste something such as money, time, or opportunities
Tulip wants to be an artist, so she takes an art class. When her instructor tells her what she might do to be a better painter, she ignores the advice. Is Tulip squandering her chance to be a better artist? Why? Use the word squander in your response.
Tulip is eating dinner. She takes a few bites and gives the rest to her dog Rosie. Is Tulip squandering her food? Why? Use the word squander in your response.
Each week Tulips parents give her $5 as an allowance. Tulip usually spends the money on things she needs like pencils and healthy snacks. Is Tulip squandering her money? Why? Use the word squander in your response.
In some cases, the US government had promised the same land to more than one tribe, and fights broke out between the tribes as they competed for water, game, and land. Excerpt from Survival and Loss: Native American Boarding Schools
Because so many tribes lived on the same land, they clashed, or fought, over the land, water, and animals that were on it. Clash: To fight or argue
When have you clashed with someone? TTYP Use the word clash in your response.
What might you do to avoid clashing with someone who has made you angry? TTYP Use the word clash in your response.
In 1879, Richard Henry Pratt built a boarding school for Native Americans to Americanize them. You cannot read or write, Pratt responded. Because you were not educated, these mountains, valleys, and streams have passed from you. Pratt argued that if Native Americans could speak the English language, they would not be defenseless. Excerpt from Survival and Loss: Native American Boarding Schools
Captain Pratt persuaded Spotted Tail to send his children to the boarding school by telling him that his people were defenseless because they could not read or write. The word DEFENSELESS means helpless or unprotected. Learning English would help them against the unfair treatment by European Americans.
defenseless less is a suffix that means without Defense means , helped or protected
Talk to a partner about the following scenario. Decide whether the person or animal is defenseless or not. A hunter spots a deer a few yards away. The deer raises its ears and sniffs the air. Is the deer defenseless, or helpless, against a hunter? Why? TTYP Use the word defenseless in your response.
Talk to a partner about the following scenario. Decide whether the person or animal is defenseless or not. A hungry fox creeps up on a baby chick asleep in a nest. Is the chick defenseless against a hunter? Why? TTYP Use the word defenseless in your response.
Talk to a partner about the following scenario. Decide whether the person or animal is defenseless or not. A bully is teasing a little boy on the playground. A teacher and other students are standing nearby. Is the boy defenseless against the bully? Why? TTYP Use the word defenseless in your response.
