Analyze the Trail of Tears (1838-1839) as the VIOLATION of Worcester v. Georgia (1832) — the forced removal of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations — taught Resilience-FIRST with present-tense protocol
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~7 min hist.g5.s.ex_32

John Ross Letter Close Read

MG-7 Interactive Physical / non-image

Federal Founding-Era Archive Card (continued from G5-Fall) — 4-page foldable card per primary source. PAGE 1 SOURCING: Who made this? When? Where? Why? PAGE 2 CONTEXTUALIZATION: What was happening in the world when this was made? PAGE 3 CORROBORATION: Does another source say the same thing? Does another source disagree? PAGE 4 CLOSE READING: What does this actually say? + NMAI 5th MOVE box: Whose voices are present in this source? Whose voices are absent? What land are we standing on as we read this? G5-Spring extension: source-type checkbox now includes 15 types (added CONSTITUTION-CLAUSE + AMENDMENT + EDITORIAL to G5-Fall's 12). Each child collects ~30 completed MG-7 cards by Lesson 22 in their Founding-Documents Binder (continued from G5-Fall).

Prompt

Apply MG-7 close reading to John Ross's 1836 protest letter. Identify Ross's claim about the Treaty of New Echota.

How it's presented
mode MG7 close reading
Answer criteria
type close reading
required
  1. Ross's specific claim about treaty validity
  2. Identification of unauthorized Treaty Party
  3. Apply Resilience-FIRST framing
Hints
  1. Ross gathered ~16,000 Cherokee signatures
  2. Treaty signed by 20 unauthorized people
Misconceptions to watch
  • Missing the unauthorized-signing detail
  • Skipping Resilience-FIRST
Used in lessons