Primary Source Activities

Tecumseh Portrait

Author: Krista Buckley

Grade(s): 8

Description

Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

Level I: Description
1. What is happening in this picture?
2. What time period does this picture represent?

Level II: Interpretation
1. How would you classify the type of person in this picture?
2. What can you say about this figure's dress?

Level III: Analysis
1. What evidence can you find that justifies what type of person this figure was?
2. What does the source tell you about the culture or region?

Standards

• History 6-8, Benchmark E: Explain the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, with emphasis on both Colonial and British perspectives.
• Indicator: Grade 8, GLI 4. Explain the results of important developments of the American Revolution including: d. Impacts on women, African-Americans and American Indians.
• History 6-8, Benchmark G: Analyze the causes and consequences of the American Civil War.
• Indicator: Grade 8, GLI 8. Describe and analyze the territorial expansion of the United States including: c. Westward movement including Manifest Destiny.
• People in Societies 6-8, Benchmark B: Analyze examples of interactions between cultural groups and explain the factors that contribute to cooperation and conflict.
• Indicator: Grade 8, GLI 3. Analyze how contact between white settlers and American Indians resulted in treaties, land acquisition and Indian removal.