Oklahoma Social Studies 8.C.13.5.C
The Standard
- 8.C.13
- Analyze the political, social, and economic transformations during the Reconstruction Era.
- 8.C.13.5
- Evaluate the impact of federal policies related to the on-going migration and settlement of the West.
Summarize the intent of President Grant’s Peace Policy on the displacement of American Indians from their homelands.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 8.C.13.5
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why Grant called his approach a Peace Policy. They connect its stated goals, including reducing conflict and promoting assimilation, to the continued loss of Native homelands.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name Grant’s stated goal of reducing violence and explain how his policy relied on reservations. They can distinguish his promises of peace from Native peoples’ loss of land and control.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the word “peace” meant Native nations could remain on their homelands. They may also assume Native nations agreed to reservation life or that religious agents ended unfair treatment.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to write two sentences: What did Grant say his Peace Policy would accomplish? What did it mean for Native peoples’ control of their homelands?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed maps of Native homelands and 1870s reservations; have them use tracing paper to mark changes in land boundaries.
Read a short excerpt from Grant’s 1869 inaugural address, then ask: Who defined peace, and who had to give up land?
Have students sort cards into stated goals and consequences, using examples such as reducing conflict, appointing religious agents, and losing land.
Have students find a tribal government’s current website and compare its location with an 1870s reservation map.
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