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READ A COLLECTION OF EXCERPTS TITLED “INDIAN REMOVAL PACKET” BY VARIOUS EYE WITNESSES. READ THE EXCERPTS AND WRITE ABOUT 10 OBSERVATIONS OR INSIGHTS THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU FROM AMONG THE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS IN THE PACKET AND EXPLAIN WHY THOSE ITEMS STOOD OUT NEXT TO EACH.
YOU ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD YOUR NOTES, REFLECTIONS, AND OBSERVATIONS OUT AMONG THE MANY EXCERPTS. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO RESPOND TO MORE THAN JUST 1 OR 2 OF THESE EXCERPTS. DO NOT JUST RESPOND TO 1 OR 2 – RESPOND TO A VARIETY – YOU DEFINE “VARIETY” BUT IT BETTER BE MORE THAN 1 OR 2. RESPOND TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN.
ALSO, MAKE SURE YOU CLEARLY LABEL WHICH DOCUMENT YOU ARE REFERENCING. EITHER CITE THE SOURCE AT THE END OR CLEARLY LABEL IN THE BEGINNING WHICH DOCUMENT YOU ARE REFERRING TO. MAKE IT CLEAR!
IGNORE WHERE I WROTE THE WORDS “BEGIN HERE” ON PAGE 2 OF THE PACKET. THAT IS AN OLD, IRRELEVANT REFERENCE. YOU SHOULD BEGIN WITH THE ACTUAL INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830 WHICH IS THE FIRST DOCUMENT ON PAGE 1 OF THE PACKET.
ALSO, THAT 2ND DOCUMENT THAT BEGINS ON PAGE 2 – MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A MEMBER AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHEROKEE TRIBE AND WAS PRINTED IN CHEROKEE BUT ALSO AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS DURING THE NATION-WIDE REMOVAL DEBATE.
ONE OTHER REMINDER – MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS READ THESE PRIMARY SOURCE EXCERPTS AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE CHAPTER READINGS. THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE RIGHT CONTEXT IN WHICH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE EXCERPTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PACKET CONTAINS AN EXCERPT FROM A SUPREME COURT VERDICT TITLED WORCESTER V. GEORGIA. I ONLY PROVIDE EXCERPTS FROM THE VERDICT. BUT CHAPTER 10 OF OUR TEXTBOOK CONTAINS THE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE TO THIS CASE. YOU CAN’T PROPERLY COMMENT ON THE VERDICT IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 10. THAT IS WHY IT IS CRUCIAL THAT EACH WEEK YOU COMPLETE THE TEXTBOOK READINGS FIRST AND THEN COMPLETE THESE EXCERPTS SO THAT THESE EXCERPTS MAKE MORE SENSE TO YOU.
AS USUAL, ADD A SUMMARY WHERE YOU REFLECT ON WHAT NEW HISTORY YOU LEARNED BY READING THESE DOCUMENTS.
