Cherokee Trail of Tears Reading Passage and Sorting Activity PRINT and DIGITAL
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Description
In this activity, students read the story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Using the information in the passage, they cut and sort the events of the story and glue them into chronological order. This download includes:
- Teacher directions with suggested discussion questions
- A short reading passage about the Cherokee Trail of Tears including President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and how the Cherokee people were tricked into giving up their land and forced to walk over 800 miles to Oklahoma, a voyage many did not survive
- A cut and glue sorting activity to put the events in chronological order
- An answer key
- A force copy link to a Google Slides digital version of the assignment for distance learning
This can be used in Social Studies during a Native Americans unit or English Language Arts for lessons on chronological order or cause and effect.
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