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Different American Wests, 1840-1900

Different American Wests, 1840-1900. Identify different interpretations of The Battle of the Little Bighorn , 1876. Explain how and why interpretations of the American West differ .

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Different American Wests, 1840-1900

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  1. Different American Wests, 1840-1900

  2. Identify different interpretations of The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876. • Explain how and why interpretations of the American West differ. • Start in home teams (colour) then break out into ‘expert’ groups (number) to explore different interpretations, before feeding back to home teams. • 11.10- 12.40. Aims

  3. Home teams Red Team:Blue Team: Green Team:

  4. Home teams Orange Team: Purple Team: Pink Team:

  5. What is the American West? What is an ‘interpretation’? Home team discussion:

  6. 11.20- 11.30: Home teams 11.30- 12.10: Expert groups 12.10- 12.30: Home teams Time:

  7. You have identified many different interpretations of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. There are also many different interpretations of the American West: DIFFERENT AMERICAN WESTS, 1840-1900. What is the American west?

  8. Old Western Interpretation: Native Americans caused a problem by occupying land in the West. The ‘Indian Problem’ required removal. New Western Interpretation: Native Americans were lied to and were subdued by the aggressive army of a racially motivated American government. Micro-histories: some historians have focused on specific case studies e.g. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, rather than the American West as a whole. Interpretations of Native American and white American conflict: So what is the consensus today?

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  10. Green card: something you have learnt from this session. Blue card: a question you would like to explore further. Finally...

  11. Thank you and good luck!!

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