Trail of Tears Comic Strips: Learn & Create

1. Trail of Tears Comic Strips Follow along to learn about new terms and create comic strips to highlight Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears. 1 Indian Removal Act of 1830 2 Choctaw Removed in 1831 3 Seminole Removed in 1832 4 Creek Removed in 1834 5 Chickasaw Removed in 1837 6 Cherokee Removed in 1838

2. Trail of Tears Comic Strips Follow along to learn about new terms and create comic strips to highlight Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears.

3. Trail of Tears Comic Strips Warm-up: What can you tell about the topic by looking at the map?

4. Trail of Tears Comic Strips # # Fold your blank paper into 6 squares (3x2). When you see the red numbered symbol, fill in one of your eight comic strip boxes with a title, caption and drawing for that slide. Be sure that your titles or captions include all 8 of the key terms listed on the left! 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

5. Trail of Tears Comic Strips # # Fold your blank paper into 6 squares (3x2). When you see the red numbered symbol, fill in one of your eight comic strip boxes with a title, caption and drawing for that slide. Be sure that your titles or captions include all 8 of the key terms listed on the left! 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

6. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Indian Removal Act of 1830” 1 1 In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which gave president Andrew Jackson authority to negotiate removal terms with tribes of the American South. The biggest tribes were called the Five Civilized Tribes, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

7. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Indian Removal Act of 1830” 1 1 The act was strongly supported by non-natives, many of whom wanted to settle on native lands. The idea that whites should populate the continent is called manifest destiny. Some Americans opposed the law, including many Christian missionaries who recognized the act as unfair and unjust. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

8. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Indian Removal Act of 1830” 1 1 Indian Removal Act of 1830 Sample for box 1 (this drawing uses 3 of the key terms)

9. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Choctaw Removed in 1831” 2 2 The territory of the Choctaw was in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Various treaties had been reducing their lands since 1801, but the 1831 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek took away their remaining territory. Almost 17,000 Choctaws were moved to Indian Territory in what became Oklahoma. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

10. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Choctaw Removed in 1831” 2 2 3,000 to 6,000 died along the journey because of freezing temperatures. A news article referred to the journey as a ‘trail of tears’, a name that would come to describe the Indian removal. 5,000 Choctaws remained in Mississippi, but were harassed and intimidated. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

11. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Seminole Removed in 1832” 3 3 The Seminoles inhabited parts of Florida and had been involved in conflicts since 1814. These three separate conflicts happened before and after their removal in 1832 and are referred to as the Seminole Wars (1814-1819, 1835-1842, 1855-1858). 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

12. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Seminole Removed in 1832” 3 3 Some Seminoles moved to reservations near in Indian Territory, but many resisted. In the end, the United States spent $20,000,000 fighting the Seminoles, and only left about 100 in peace in the Florida Everglades. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

13. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Creek Removed in 1834” 4 4 The Creek Confederacy was located in Georgia, and many agreed to move to Indian Territory. About 20,000 moved to Alabama. Creeks were given individual allotments of land, and each person was free to live on their land or sell. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

14. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Creek Removed in 1834” 4 4 However, speculators and squatters took advantage of these lands, leading to the Creek War of 1836. This resulted in the forced removal of Creeks into Indian Territory. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

15. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Chickasaw Removed in 1837” 5 5 The Chickasaw were not given land in Indian Territory, but were paid instead. The amount was about $12,000,000 in today’s dollars. The Chickasaw then bought land from the recently removed Choctaws in Indian Territory and moved to these new lands. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

16. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Chickasaw Removed in 1837” 5 5 The Chickasaws used the same trails that were previously used by the Choctaws and Creeks. The Chickasaws and Choctaws soon merged into one tribe. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

17. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Cherokee Removed in 1838” 6 6 The Cherokee were the largest of the five tribes, coming from several different states. They were forcibly removed from their lands in 1838. In fact, about 13,000 Cherokee were rounded up into camps in Tennessee, and many died from disease, starvation and freezing temperatures. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

18. Trail of Tears Comic Strips “Cherokee Removed in 1838” 6 6 The journey and the camps resulted in roughly 4,000 Cherokee deaths. Unlike the other tribes, the Cherokee never officially signed a treaty for removal with the U.S. government. 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

19. Trail of Tears Comic Strips # # Do you have titles? Captions? Visuals? Have you included all 8 terms on the left? 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears

20. Trail of Tears Comic Strips # # Watch this summary when everyone is finished  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUILURVoPhw 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Indian Removal Act 3 Manifest Destiny 4 Five Civilized Tribes 5 Oklahoma 6 Indian Territory 7 Seminole Wars 8 Trail of Tears