Bronx Leadership Academy HS – Ms P. Cortez

Teaching Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

A Web Quest for English 1

(9^th grade)

A Critical Analysis and Evaluation of Chief Joseph’s Speeches

“Let me be a free man -…and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.”

- Chief Joseph from “An Indian’s View Of Indian Affairs”

INTRODUCTION

You will be using your computer to travel back in time. The Internet will help to transport you to the days when the different American Indian tribes existed in the U.S. Your mission is to research and document the treatment of the American Indian in this country. Your focus should be on Chief Joseph’s, a Nez Perce Indian leader, point of view. Your work will help illustrate how this social problem, the treatment of the American Indian, could have been avoided.

TASK

You will have to write a 2-page essay that explains your three original critical lens or quotations based on the treatment of the American Indian. Your essay must follow all the guidelines below:

1. Type 2 pages (font size 12, “Times New Roman”, 1.5 spacing)

2. Follow the 6–step public policy approach

3. Write in paragraphs

4. Document all your research with “end notes”

5. Use the M.L.A. research paper style for endnotes, style, and citation of Internet sites (see examples)

6. USE YOUR OWN WORDS! COPYING WORD FOR WORD WILL EQUAL A 0%

THE 6-STEP PUBLIC POLICY APPROACH

1. The social problem is the treatment of the American Indian in the U.S.

2. Gather evidence of this problem by reading through the sites in the “resources” section.

3. Identify the causes of this problem by reading through the sites provided.

4. Describe and evaluate past public policies regarding this problem.

5. Create your own three original public policies regarding this problem.

6. Select one of your three original public policies that would address this problem. Use the effectiveness/feasibility matrix.

PROCESS

This is what you have to do in order for you to begin writing your 2-page essay.

= Answer all the research questions below by reading through the Internet sites in the “Resources” section of this web quest.

= Complete all 6 public policy analysis work sheets by reading through the Internet sites provided.

= Create one critical lens statement based on any 3 public policy analysis steps.

= Explain each of your 3 original critical lens statements in great detail. You must use your own words. USE YOUR OWN WORDS!

= Write a 2-page essay based on your 3 critical lens statements and your explanations of each statement.

= Use M.S. Word to type your essay M.L.A. style.

= Your third page is a “Works Cited” page that lists at least 5 Internet sites from the “Resources” section.

Research Questions

1. List 8 facts about Chief Joseph.

2. What is the purpose National Congress of American Indians?

3. What is Chief Joseph’s Indian name? What does it mean in English?

4. Why did he adopt the Christian name, Joseph?

5. How was the young Chief Joseph’s view of the “white man” different from his father’s view?

6. Where was Chief Joseph born?

7. List 3 facts about the Nez Perce tribe.

8. Explain the Nez Perce treaty of 1855

9. Name 1 organization that helps Native Americans or Indians today.

10. Name 5 other tribes or Indian nations.

11. Explain the Dawes Act of Allotment.

12. What are the incidents that contributed to the term “The Trail of Tears”?

13. Describe the Indian Removal Acts and explain why they took place.

14. List the titles of 3 speeches made by Chief Joseph.

15. Select 3 quotations (not from any of his speeches) made by Chief Joseph. Explain each of his statements.

RESOURCES

Texts:

$ Chief Joseph’s “Good Words” speech

$ Chief Joseph’s Surrender Speech at Bears Paw Battle – October 5, 1877

$ Chief Joseph’s speech, “An Indian’s View of Indian Affairs”

(Excerpts)

$ Selected Quotations by Chief Joseph

Web Sites:

$ TIPS Public Policy Analyst- http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal

$ National Congress of the American Indian- www.ncai.org/

$ Native American Resources on the Internet-

www.hanksville.org/Naresources/

$ Chief Joseph- www.indians.org/welker/joseph.htm

$ Chief Joseph- www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chiefjoseph.htm.

$ Index of New Perspectives on the West-

www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/

$ Chief Joseph, Nez Perce- www.teleport.com/~ruckus/art/c_joseph.htm

$ Hinmaton-Yalaktit- www.npg.si.edu/col/native/joseph.htm

$ Chief Joseph Days Rodeo- www.chiefjosephdays.com/chiefjoseph.htm

$ Notes from The North American Indian,vol. 8, The Nez Perce –

www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/nezperce.html

$ Nez Perce Treaty 1858- http://w3.gorge.net/casiera/chief_joe.htm

$ Native American Leader- www.who2.com/chiefjoseph.html

$ Administration for Native Americans- www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ana/

$ First Nations Histories – www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html

$ www.nativeamericans.com

$ Dawes Act or General Allotment act 1887- www.csusm.edu/nadp/adawes.htm

$ Indian Treaties and Affairs- www.sunnetworks.net/~ggarman/indian.html

$ The Trail of Tears- www.peaknet.net/~aardvark/thetrail.html

$ The Trail Where They Cried- www.powersource.com/cocinc/history/trail.htm

$ Indian Removal Act of 1830- www.studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm

$ What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830? – http://la.essortment.com/whatisindianr_rhin.htm

$ Indian Removal Act (1824)- www.udayton.edu/~race/02rights/native10.htm

$ Indian Reorganization Act (1934) – www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825118.html

$ Chief Joseph’s Surrender Speech- www.nezperce.com/npedu11.html

$ Chief Joseph’s “Good Words” Speech- www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/joseph.html

$ Chief Joseph’s Quotations- www.powersource.com/gallery/people/joseph.html

$ “An Indian’s View of Indian Affairs”- A speech made

By Chief Joseph-

http://members.stratos.net/cpetras/np-5-5.htm

EVALUATION

Your 2-page essay will be worth 300 points. The rubric on the following page will describe how your essay will be judged. The following guidelines illustrate how you can score the maximum amount of points.

¶ Create 3 critical lens statements based on any of the three work sheets you completed.

¶ A critical lens statement is a 1-3 sentence statement that is original and clearly expresses a viewpoint from which each of the 6 steps of the public policy analysis may be interpreted.

¶ Explain each of your 3 original critical lens statements with clear details and reasons.

¶ Your essay must be written in paragraphs.

¶ Follow the M.L.A. style when typing your essay and the third page or the “Works Cited” page.

¶ Your three critical lens statements must be written in your own words. Your explanation should include your own words and documented facts from your research.

EXAMPLE

An example of the first page or page 1:

Rivers 1

John Rivers

Ms Cortez

English 1

10 October 2001

A critical lens that I created based on step one or the problem is: “Inner strength is proven when one is faced with death or war.” This critical lens is describing how new settlers took their land away from them and fought battles with them. Chief Joseph’s surrender speech at Bears Paw Battle in 1877, describes how the “white man” robbed them of their land and their food (“Chief Joseph’s Surrender Speech at Bears Paw Battle, October 5, 1877).

An example of page 2:

Rivers 2

The critical lens that I created for the evidence of this problem is: “Sometimes we don’t want to see and accept the ways we are being mistreated.” Many of the sites I read give clear evidence that the Indians wanted to cooperate with the settlers. In some cases they even ignored signs that the settlers did not want to cooperate with them. Chief Joseph’s speech “Good Words” is …

An example of the last page or page 3:

Rivers 3

Works Cited

Angler, Herbert. “Chief Joseph’s Life.” Native American’s Web. Online. 9 Sept. 2001.

“Battle of Bears Paw.” Chief Joseph Days Rodeo. Online. 21 Sept. 2001.

“Chief Joseph, the Man, the Orator, the Leader, the Diplomat.” National Bureau of

Indian Affairs. Online. 5 Nov. 2001.

M.L.A. Style – Internet sources are listed alphabetically and in the following order:

1. Name of the author (if given)

2. Title of the material accesses “in quotation marks”

3. Date of the material (if given)

4. Title of the database (underlined)

5. Publication Medium (Online)

6. Name of the computer service (if given)

7. Date of Access (10 Oct. 2001)

Name: _______________________ Date: _______________

RUBRIC

BEGINNING

DEVELOPING

ACCOMPLISHED

EXEMPLARY

SCORE

300

POINTS

2-PAGE

M.L.A.

TYPED

ESSAY

-exhibits no knowledge of P.P.A.

-presents a minimum amount of data to support the proposed policy

-does not have any clear critical lenses

-does not use the conventions of standard written English

-exhibits little knowledge of the uses of P.P.A.

-presents audience with several sources of data in a logical manner to support the proposed policy

-has a minimum number of clear critical lenses which are partially explained

-exhibits a weak usage of the conventions of standard written English

-exhibits an acceptable amount of knowledge of the uses of P.P.A.

-presents the audience with enough data in a logical, creative, and organized format to support the proposed policy

-has an acceptable number of clear critical lenses that are explained

-exhibits an acceptable usage of the conventions of standard written English

-exhibits a superior knowledge of the uses of P.P.A.

-presents the audience with an exceptional amount of data to support the proposed policy

-all 6 critical lenses are clear and fully

-exhibits a superior use of the conventions of standard written English

Score=

Grade=

_____%

WEB

SITES

RESEARCH

-too few links relevant to the proposed policy

-enough links but few support the proposed policy

-many links that support the proposed policy

-excellent use of a variety of links in which all support the proposed policy

Score

Grade

REFERENCES

FROM CHIEF

JOSEPH’S 3

SPEECHES

-does not use any references from any of the speeches

-uses few references from one of the speeches

-uses some references from two of the speeches

-uses many references from all three speeches

Score

Grade

Grades and Due Dates

J All 2-page M.L.A. essays are due within 3 weeks.

J Presentations of your original three critical lenses will be scheduled after the third week.

J This project is worth 300 points.

J The following percentages correspond to the rubric number.

1 = 60 points

2 = 70 points

3 = 80 points

4 = 90 points

N.B. Everyone will receive an additional 5 points for each rubric category for their participation, enthusiasm, and cooperation!

Worksheet 1: What is the social problem?

Name: ______________________ Date: ______________

The social problem is the treatment of the American Indian according to Chief Joseph.

Identify the players involved in this social problem.

List at least 3 negative consequences for this problem:

Write a short description that summarizes the social problem and its effects on American Indians and on Non-Native Americans.

Worksheet 2: Gathering evidence for this problem

Name: ____________________ Date: ______________

List the evidence of this problem and list the Internet sites where you found this evidence.

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Worksheet 3: Identifying causes for this problem

Name: ______________________ Date: ______________

List at least 5 causes or factors that contribute to this problem. List the Internet sites that you used in your research.

_______________________________________________________________________

Worksheet 4: Evaluating the existing public policy

Name: ______________________ Date: ______________

The social problem is: _______________________________________

1. Name one of the existing policies that attempted or attempts to deal with this social problem:

2. What are the advantages of this policy in terms of effectiveness, public acceptance, and enforcement?

3. What are the disadvantages of this policy in terms of effectiveness, public acceptance, and enforcement?

4. Based on your evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages, should the current policy be totally replaced or improved?

Worksheet 5: Developing public policy solutions

Name: ___________________________ Date: _____________________

The social problem is: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Create 3 of your own public policy alternatives. Make sure that all of your public policy alternatives are the same historical, geopolitical, and social level as the problem. Each of you original polices must specify the actual religious, social, or governmental agency that will be responsible for carrying out your public policies. Rate each one

1-3, one being the most promising.

Discuss why you prefer your #1 policy to the other two.

Worksheet 6: Selecting the best public policy solution

Name: ______________________ Date: __________________

The social problem is: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A. List your 3 original public policies from worksheet 5. Create a short title that summarizes each public policy solution.

1.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Use the format in the example to complete the matrix below:

FEASIBILITY – Can it be done?

EFFECTIVENESS How well will it deal with the problem?	HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW
HIGH
MEDIUM
LOW

C. Explain the reasons for your scores in the matrix.

This web quest focuses on the following English Language Arts Performance Standards:

E1c: Read and comprehend informational materials.

E2a: Produce a report of information

E2e: Produce a persuasive essay.

E3a: Participate in one to one conferences with teacher

E3c: Prepare and deliver an individual presentation.

E4b: Analyze and subsequently revise work to improve its clarity and

effectiveness.

This web quest focuses on the following New York State Standards:

Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding

Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression

Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation

Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction

Social Studies Learning Standards:

Standard 1: History of the United States and New York