Oklahoma Social Studies USH.C.1.3.D
The Standard
- USH.C.1
- Analyze the transformation of the United States of America through its civil rights struggles, immigrant experiences, and settlement of the American West during the Post Civil War Era.
- USH.C.1.3
- Analyze the causes and effects of the continuing westward migration and territorial growth after the Civil War.
Describe the intent and effects of assimilation policies during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including the establishment of Indian boarding schools and their impact on Native cultures, languages, and community life. Reference context teachers may include: Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.C.1.3
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why officials sent Native children to boarding schools and how those schools tried to replace Native languages and customs. They describe the effects on children, families, and communities.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain how a rule banning Native languages served the goal of assimilation. They can describe its effects on students and families while recognizing that Native communities kept languages and traditions alive.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think children chose to attend or that the schools only taught job skills. They may also assume Native languages and cultures disappeared entirely.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Carlisle students were forbidden to speak their Native languages at school. What did officials hope this rule would do? Name one effect on a student and one on their community.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed excerpts from Carlisle school materials and a former student's account; have them sort statements into officials' goals and students' experiences.
Ask students to write: How could a rule against speaking a Native language change a child's relationship with family? Support your answer with a source detail.
Run a card sort matching boarding school rules to officials' goals and effects on children; ask students to defend one match.
Read a Cherokee Nation language program page and have students connect one current language class to the history of boarding school language bans.
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