Lesson 7: Using the National Archives’ DocsTeach tool for classroom activities and assessments.

I published two activities. The first is a practice related to map reading and analysis of cartographer interest based on a map created over a land dispute after the Mexican-American War.

http://docsteach.org/activities/9841

The second activity is an examination of the process of cultural assimilation that occurred in the Tsimshian community of Metlakahtla, Alaska.

http://docsteach.org/activities/9834

The introduction is in Spanish so I have included the translation here:

In 1887 a group of 826 Tsimshian people left their homes in British Columbia, Canada and traveled in ocean-going canoes to the waters of the U.S. and their new home in Alaska. The man who was responsible for bringing the Tsimshians to this new place was Mr. William Duncan, a lay missionary in the Church of England whose specific mission was to evangelize a group known as the Tsimshian in British Columbia. Mr. Duncan became fluent in Tsimshian and began preaching the Anglican faith. He eventually suggested that the people move to a place close by that would be ideal for his mission. They established their new home on Annette Island in Alaska which became the only Native American Reservation in the state. As you match each picture with its description, identify evidence of the process of cultural assimilation that the Tsimshian experienced.

The conclusion asks students to decide whether these changes were positive or negative and to try to solve the mystery of the final reveal picture: Why do you think that federal education agents seize the school building at Metlakahtla in 1915?

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Lisa Healow March 16, 2012 at 9:14am

The activity I created is a document-based argumentative essay that I would have my Honors U.S. History students do based around the question "Did Cuba's Communism threaten America's national security?". I chose documents primarily based around the Cuban Missile Crisis.

http://docsteach.org/activities/9660
Sarah Jansen March 16, 2012 at 8:02am

I published two activities. The first is a practice related to map reading and analysis of cartographer interest based on a map created over a land dispute after the Mexican-American War.

http://docsteach.org/activities/9841

The second activity is an examination of the process of cultural assimilation that occurred in the Tsimshian community of Metlakahtla, Alaska.

http://docsteach.org/activities/9834

The introduction is in Spanish so I have included the translation here:

In 1887 a group of 826 Tsimshian people left their homes in British Columbia, Canada and traveled in ocean-going canoes to the waters of the U.S. and their new home in Alaska. The man who was responsible for bringing the Tsimshians to this new place was Mr. William Duncan, a lay missionary in the Church of England whose specific mission was to evangelize a group known as the Tsimshian in British Columbia. Mr. Duncan became fluent in Tsimshian and began preaching the Anglican faith. He eventually suggested that the people move to a place close by that would be ideal for his mission. They established their new home on Annette Island in Alaska which became the only Native American Reservation in the state. As you match each picture with its description, identify evidence of the process of cultural assimilation that the Tsimshian experienced.

The conclusion asks students to decide whether these changes were positive or negative and to try to solve the mystery of the final reveal picture: Why do you think that federal education agents seize the school building at Metlakahtla in 1915?

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Winter 2012 Archival Research Basics (NARA)

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