MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND LEARNING STYLES MATRIX

Unit Description: Indian/White Relations in the 19^th Century American West

Learning Outcomes: Understanding how 19^th Century American Indian/White Relationships Influenced Conflict Resolutions. (11^th Grade Montana History)

(Montana Content Standard 12.6B5 - Analyze the conflicts from cultural assimilation and cultural preservation among various ethnic and racial groups in Montana, the U.S., and the world.)  DIRECTIONS: Select four activities from below.  Each activity must be from a different learning style (Mastery, Understanding, Self-Expressive, and Interpersonal).

I EXPECT YOUR BEST EFFORTS ON EACH ACTIVITY YOU CHOOSE.

Mastery

Understanding

Self-expressive

Interpersonal

Verbal-linguistic - VL

Write a short account reporting that describes the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

 Write your theory of how the Little Bighorn Battle occurred. Use supporting historical evidence to support your account.

Write two fictional newspaper accounts of the Battle of the Little Bighorn as viewed through the eyes of the Cheyenne and  Sioux Indians, and one account as seen through the eyes of the Whites.

 Write an account of a fictional interview of Red Cloud or Sitting Bull and their accounts of the “Battle of the Greasy Grass.”

Logical-mathematical - LM

Use print media as well as databases, to construct a graph that shows the Indian population in the United States both before and after White settlement.

 Using Microsoft Excel, design and construct a graph that illustrates the numbers of Whites and Indians killed in Montana from 1860 to 1899.

 Using the Battle of the Little Bighorn for inspiration, fashion a chart which shows the deaths of Iraqis, U.S. personnel, and Insurgents in Iraq.

 Predict what might happen in Iraq (using actual battlefield statistics) based on what you know about Indian/White Conflict Resolutions.

Spatial - S

 Create a map showing the topography of the Battle of the Little Bighorn..

 Create a collage of images or photographs of the leaders of the U.S. soldiers, Sioux, and Cheyenne people of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

 Construct a poster, mobile, or other form of art that exudes the feelings of Native Americans BOTH before and after White settlement in North America.

 Draw the clothing worn by Lt. Col. Custer’s soldiers and by the Cheyenne and Sioux Indians of 19^th century Montana Territory.

Musical - M

 Record examples of Native American songs of war and peace.

 Write a song which could be considered the antithesis of General Custer’s “Garry Owen.” In other words, write a song which the Sioux Indians might have listened to as they went into battle.

 With a partner, compose a rap song which tells the story of the Sand Creek Massacre or the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

Present it to the class.

 Perform a piece of music which captures your mood when reading about battles between Indians and Whites in 19^th century America.

Bodily-kinesthetic - BK

 While narrating an Indian/White battle, use your body language to show the class which “side you are on.”

 Teach the class two Native American beliefs about health and nutrition.

 In a small group of five fellow classmates, mime the emotional states of the participants of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

 Analyze the differences in health between 19^th century Indians and Whites.

Interpersonal - P

 Develop a set of laws that would have eliminated most of  the problems Whites and Indians experienced in the 19^th century.

 Explain how our culture would be different today if the Indians had had the dominant culture in the 19^th century.

 You are an attorney for Indian Education rights in the state of Montana.  Argue for your cause as if you were before the Montana legislature.

 You are a social worker on one of the seven Indian reservations in Montana.  What “social problems” might you deal with?  Explain how Indian culture sometimes deviates from white culture.

Intrapersonal - I

 Create a conflict resolution plan based the historical 19^th century Indian/White

Relations.

 Create a poll of your classmates about how they would have resolved 19^th century Indian/While conflicts in the American West.

 Create a drawing or poster which illustrates either: 1. 19^th C. Indian/White relations IF the Indians had had the dominant culture, OR 2. write a short history of how Montana would appear today if the Indians had won the Western “Indian Wars.”

 Write five laws intended to resolve the problems encountered in Indian/White relations in the 19^th century American West, you would have enacted if you had been the President of the U.S.

Naturalist - N

 Describe and show examples of the flora and fauna found in the Sand Creek area.

 Argue what you believe the environment would be like if the Indians had repelled all Europeans.

 Create a photo journal of what you believe our environment would look like if the Native Americans had won the Indian battles.

 Describe three Native American religious beliefs that related to different aspects of nature. What are the qualities of each belief as they relate to the natural world?