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Complete Your Inquiry EVALUATE SOURCES AND USE EVIDENCE Refer back to the Compelling Question and the Supporting Questions you developed at the beginning of the lesson. 1. Contrasting How do the letters of Andrew Jackson and John Ross (sources B and D) differ in their perspectives on the Cherokee situation? 2. Analyzing Points of View Which source in this lesson do you find most powerful? Why? 3. Gathering Sources Which sources helped you answer the Supporting Questions and the Compelling Question? Which sources, if any, challenged what you thought you knew when you first created your Supporting Questions? What information do you still need in order to answer your questions? What other viewpoints would you like to investigate? Where would you find that information? 4. Evaluating Sources Identify the sources that helped answer your Supporting Questions. How reliable is the source? How would you verify the reliability of the source? COMMUNICATE CONCLUSIONS 5. Collaborating Work with a partner to discuss the arguments and events surrounding Native American removal in the 1830s. What do these sources reveal about the morality of a forced movement of a people? Might there ever be a case in which such forced movement is justified? Use the graphic organizer that you created at the beginning of the lesson to help you. Share your conclusions with the class. Relocation In recent years, religious or cultural minorities have been persecuted and forced from their homes in Myanmar, China, Sudan, and elsewhere. Research the situation of a group that has faced forced relocation. Then record a podcast to inform listeners about the hardships to which the persecuted group has been subjected. TAKE INFORMED ACTION Creating a Podcast About Forced

Chief Vann House This house, about 90 miles north of Atlanta, was built by the Cherokee Chief James Vann and inherited by his son Joseph. Besides this home, the Vann plantation included a blacksmith shop, 6 barns, 5 smokehouses, and 42 cabins for enslaved Africans. In 1834, the Vanns were removed to the Indian Territory with other Cherokee on the Trail of Tears, losing their property and livelihood.

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EXAMINE THE SOURCE 1. Drawing Conclusions Describe the house shown in the photograph. What conclusions might you draw about the people who built and owned this house? 2. Analyzing Perspectives Based on this photograph and what you know about the Vann family, what arguments might you present against President Jackson and his Native American removal policies?

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