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Chapter 8
SEMINOLES AND OTHER SETTLERS
Lesson Plans for Oklahoma History
Teacher_________________ Date__________________
Common Core
Content Standard 1: The student will describe the state’s geography and the historic foundations laid by Native
American, European, and American cultures.
1.1 Compare and contrast cultural perspectives of Native Americans and European Americans regarding
land ownership and trading practices.
Content Standard 2: The student will evaluate the major political and economic events that transformed the land
and its people prior to statehood.
2.3 Integrate visual and textual evidence to explain the reasons for and trace the migrations of Native
American peoples including the Five Tribes into present-day Oklahoma, the Indian Removal Act of
1830, and tribal resistance to the forced relocations.
Content Standard 4: The student will examine the transformation of Oklahoma during times of boom and bust of
the 1920s through the 1940s.
4.1 Compare and contrast the successes and failures of the United States policy of assimilation of the
Native Americans in Oklahoma including the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and the
effects of the Indian boarding schools (1880s-1940s) upon Native Americans’ identity, culture,
traditions, and tribal government and sovereignty.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Read Seminoles and Other Settlers, Chapter 8, page 90-99.
Be prepared to participate in class discussion using the questions on page 99.
Complete the following in Student Activity Book:
Vocabulary
Matching dates and events in Oklahoma History
Completing historical statements correctly
Discussion: How did the issue of slavery play a role in the demands to remove the Seminoles?
Map Study - mark the routes of the Seminole removal
Choose from Activities on next page, Section II. Copy and distribute, or project them for group work.
Read Feature: The Trail of Tears section on the Seminoles (pp. 123-125) Write a paragraph giving details of the
removal of the Seminole tribe and/or complete the assigned worksheet. May assign the worksheet as a “jigsaw”
activity, have students works in pairs etc.
I. Discussion Questions
1. How did the issue of slavery play a role in the demands to remove the Seminoles?
2. Explain the separation of the Seminoles from the Creeks and conclude with an explanation of why the
Seminoles rejected the government’s idea of rejoining the two tribes for removal.
3. Describe Osceola’s leadership and tell how he was arrested and died.
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4. What were the provisions of the Treaty of Camp Moultrie?
5. What was the Treaty of Fort Gibson?
6. Briefly describe the removal of the Seminoles.
7. When was Andrew Jackson elected President?
8. Why was No Man’s Land not popular with frontier farmers?
9. What is the American Indian population of Oklahoma now?
10. What is the capital of the Seminole Nation?
II.
Activities
1.
ESSAY TOPICS. Encourage students to use library resources.
- Discuss the political, economic, and social reasons for the removal of the Seminoles.
- What were the conditions in No Man’s Land and how did those circumstances come about?
2. Time Line—Add the information related to Seminole removal (Fist Seminole War, Treaty of Camp
Moultrie, Treaty of Payne’s Landing, Treaty of Ft. Gibson, The Great Seminole War).
III.
Internet Resources:
http://www.seminolenation-indianterritory.org/
http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/guide/semheri.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html (contains Teacher Guide)
IV.
Suggested Reading:
Daniel F. Littlefield, Africans and Seminoles, From Removal to Emancipation (Jackson, Mississippi:
University Press of Mississippi, 2001)
Jane F. Lancaster, Removal Aftershock: The Seminoles’ Struggles to Survive in the West, 1836-1866
(Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1994)
Bill Lund and Tom Gallaher, The Seminole Indians (Mankato, Minnesota: Bridgestone Books, 1997)
Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Night Bird: A story of the Seminole Indians (New York: Viking, 1993)
Angela Shelf Medearis, Dancing with the Indians (New York: Holiday House, 1991)
Seminole: Indians of North America (videorecording). Adapted by book from Chelsea House Publishers.
InVision Communications, Inc. (Bala Cynwyd, PA: Schlessinger, 1993)
Seminole (Muskogee): Indians of North America (Bala Cynwyd, PA: Schlessinger Video Productions,
1993)
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Name____________________________________ Date_________________________
PUZZLE: The Seminoles
In the following letter-jumble find the words which complete the statements below. Circle or draw a line
through those words and fill in the blanks on the corresponding questions. Words may be vertical,
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A group of several tribes united together, such as Creeks, ____________________ .
The first person to call the Oconees “Seminoles” was British Agent John ________________ .
American commissioners and former slave owners went into Seminole country to look for
____________.
The Seminoles lived in a swampland today known as the ____________________ .
The first treaty with the Seminoles was the Treaty of Camp ____________________ .
Colonel James ____________________ met with the Seminoles in 1832.
A treaty was signed in 1832 at ______________________________ .
Chief ____________________ said his mark was forged to sign the treaty.
Chief Charley ____________________ said he was forced to sign the treaty.
Indian Agent Wiley ____________________ tried to oust Seminole leaders who were against removal
to the west.
____________________ , who was not a chief, led the Seminoles in a war with white soldiers who
wanted to remove the tribe.
This was the Second Seminole War, also known as the ___________________________ .
_________________________ was another Seminole leader who stood against removal and who met
with whites to talk peace.
Captain Ethan Allen ____________________ believed the Seminoles really wanted peace and he met
with them to discuss terms.
Colonel ____________________ attacked the Seminoles in the peace talks.
Brigadier General Thomas ____________________ was sent to Florida to end the Seminole wars.
Colonel William J. ____________________ was sent to Florida to subdue the Seminoles.
_______________________________ was the most formidable leader of the Seminoles.
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Student Activity Book Chapter 8
SEMINOLES AND OTHER SETTLERS
I.
II.
Name ______________________________
VOCABULARY. Write a short definition of each word below, as it is used in the textbook.
1. skirmish________________________
5. evict___________________________
2. forge (verb) ___________________
6. alliance__________________________
3. staunch ________________________
7. formidable________________________
4. numerous ________________________
8. census___________________________
MATCHING. Match the date to the event.
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1. The Treaty of Camp Moultrie
A. 1846
______
2. The Mexican War
B. 1823
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3. The beginning of the Great Seminole War
C. 1835
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4. The ending of the Seminole Wars in Florida
D. 1819
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5. Spain ceded Florida to the United States
E. 1859
III.
COMPLETION. Fill in the blanks with words that complete the statements correctly.
1.
The Seminoles lived in the present state of______________________________.
2.
They inhabited a swampland known today as the______________________________.
3.
Government officials tried to attach the Seminole tribe to the _____________________Tribe.
4.
White people came into the Seminole villages looking for_____________________________.
5.
The first signed agreement or treaty with the Seminoles was the Treaty of________________.
6.
The Seminoles had to violate the boundaries set by the treaty because they were
____________________________________.
Demands were made to remove the Seminoles, even though the land they inhabited was unfit
for____________________________.
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8.
The Seminoles rejected being rejoined with the Creeks because (1) _____________________
and (2)___________________________.
9.
Colonel ________________________met with the Seminoles at Payne’s Landing.
The two Seminole chiefs who signed the Treaty of Payne’s Landing were Chief__________________ and
Chief_________________________.
(continued)
10.
11.
The Treaty of Ft. Gibson contained an agreement that the Seminoles would move west as part
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of the _____________________________Nation.
12.
Though not a chief, the most powerful leader of the Seminoles during the Great Seminole War was
13.
In 1837, General ___________________was sent into Florida to stop the Great Seminole War.
14.
After the death of their great leader, the most formidable Seminole leader was ______________________
15.
During the Seminole Removals, more than __________________per cent of their number died.
16.
The Seminoles were given a portion of ___________________________land in Indian Territory.
17.
The dollar cost for removing each Seminole to Indian Territory was $_____________________.
18.
The two events that escalated the westward movement of whites were the __________________
and the ___________________________.
19.
The most lawless area of the region of Indian Territory was called________________________.
20.
Soon after the removals, the nation was facing the _______________________________War.
IV.
DISCUSSION. Answer the question below in paragraph form.
How did the issue of slavery play a role in the demands to remove the Seminoles?
V.
MAP: Using colored pencils and color-coding, mark the routes of the Seminole removals from the
Southeast to their lands in Indian Territory.
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