Tuesday, November 18th

Goals:

• Evaluate primary sources to determine who was responsible for the Battle of Little Bighorn
• Understand how to publish your op-ed
• Understand seminar prep instructions

Starter:

• Watch this clip from the film we will watch after Thanksgiving, called Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCVHDv5shag

• What questions do you have about the historical context leading up to or resulting from this moment in history? OR what do you know about the historical context?

Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota holy man and chief who led a resistance against the U.S. government to try to protect his people's land

Announcements:

• Honors: lunch meeting on Wednesday
  
• If your op-ed is published in credible publication, you'll receive a 100% on the article

Agenda:
1. SHEG Battle of Little Bighorn activity

• Powerpoint (short!)
• Analyze the textbook excerpt
• Analyze two primary sources
• Discuss as a class these readings

2. Mini lesson on submitting op-eds
3. Go over seminar prep instructions (see below for the instructions)
4. Work time

• Begin seminar prep
• Op-Ed refinements and submissions (required for honors, optional for all other students)

Seminar Resources
Seminar groups
Seminar Rubric
Seminar Prep Instructions
** If you choose to average your seminar and seminar prep grades, here is the rubric for what I expect your seminar prep to look like. Otherwise, you can just do bullet points which must at least thoroughly address the questions:
OPTIONAL Seminar Prep RUBRIC