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American Indian Reservations Lesson Plan

American Indian Reservations Lesson Plan

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American Indian Reservations

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Fifth graders examine life on American Indian reservations, and discuss how confinement on the reservations affected American Indians. They visit the Bureau of Indian Affairs website, and develop positive and negative impact charts about the reservations.

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