Interpreting Quotes from Native Americans and European Americans (1790s-1820s)

Lesson Plan on Race in America

Writing Prompts

Instructions: After reading and discussing the quotes with your group, answer the following prompts in writing.

• What were Atiatoharongwen and other Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) leaders trying to say?

• What was the message of Tecumseh's quote?

• What were Thomas Jefferson's beliefs about Native peoples?

• What were Andrew Jackson's beliefs about Native peoples?

• How were the viewpoints of Native Americans and European Americans different during this time period of the 1790s to the 1820s?