Tecumseh- A Warrior's Speech- = Analysis, Questions, Assessment

History comes alive in your 6th to 9th grade classrooms when you introduce compelling primary source texts for analysis. But analyzing a primary source document can be challenging for your students to understand. This 33-page resource, Tecumseh- A Warrior's Speech- Primary Source Analysis, Questions, Discussion, and Assessment offers teachers two lesson plans: an introduction or review of what primary sources are and how to analyze a primary source document by reading it 4 times for specific purposes. The 4-Reads approach has students reading, discussing, and answering questions to understand the context and origin of the document, discover the Big idea, establish the purpose or argument, and to read like a historian. Student discussions are engaging, lively, and collaborative as they delve deeply into understanding Tecumseh's speech, his reasoning and values as the indigenous tribes confronted encroaching land settlement and theft from white settlers. The lesson comes with 2 assessments: a multiple choice and short answer assessment and a creative "Say, Mean. Matter" assessment in which students choose a quote, passage, or paragraph from the speech, explain what it means, and analyzes why it matters. A copy of the primary source, Tecumseh- A Warrior's Speech as well as a paraphrased version is included so you can provide differentiated instruction for your ELL, RSP, 504, and struggling readers.

The standards- aligned lesson includes the following:

• objectives and learning targets

• an Essential Question: How do indigenous perspectives on land and nature challenge dominant narratives of ownership and exploitation?

• 3 Guiding Questions: 1. How does Tecumseh challenge the concept of land ownership in his speech? 2. What arguments does Tecumseh make regarding the interconnectedness of land and air? and 3. How does Tecumseh's speech reflect indigenous perspectives on the environment and natural resources?

• A convenient "About this Resource" orients teachers to everything included in the lesson

• A link to the force copy of the google doc, which you can edit.

• Lesson Plan 1: Primary and Secondary Sources

• Lesson Plan 2: Four Reads: Reading and Analyzing a Primary Source Document

• Primary Source Document

• Original and Paraphrase: 

• 4 Reads Questions and Answer key

• Multiple choice and Short Answer Assessment and Answer Key

• Say, Mean, Matter Assessment