From the website: "OVERVIEW: Students will examine primary source photos before and after learning about Native American boarding schools in the U.S. and the long-term effects of such policies. Students will then examine the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the “Definition of Genocide” and “Elements of the Crime” from The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect. Students will use these resources to determine if the ways in which the United States government treated Indigenous peoples in the creation and implementation of Native American boarding schools upheld or violated children’s rights and if this treatment fits the definition of genocide.

Note for instructors: This is a difficult and painful topic. Please carefully review all the material ahead of time to assess whether or not it is appropriate for your classroom.

OBJECTIVES: Use historical context to help make sense of primary source photos. Understand the rights of children. Understand what constitutes genocide Use evidence to support their conclusions about Native American boarding schools. Understand the effects that Native American boarding schools had on Indigenous peoples Learn about the Carlisle School and the impact it had on Indigenous peoples of the past and today (extension).

SUBJECTS: U.S. History, Civics.

ESTIMATED TIME: One 50-to-60 minute class period, plus extension activities."