The Cherokee People and the Trail of Tears: High School Lesson Plan

National Park Service
March 13, 2023

Resource Type: Lesson Plan, Activity, Map, Vocabulary List, Interactive Lesson, Primary Source Document

The Trail of Tears was the result of many decades of struggle for the Cherokee Nation and other American Indian tribes. Since the early 1800s, the Cherokee Nation tried to protect their lands by assimilating into the European-American culture as much as possible. However, when Andrew Jackson became president in 1828, that tactic rapidly changed. In this lesson students will analyze a variety of primary and secondary sources to explain the actions of President Jackson and Congress in the establishing the Indian Removal Act of 1830. And students will analyze a variety of primary and secondary sources to explain the positions of the Cherokee regarding removal, as well as those who supported the Cherokee in their resistance to removal.

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