We will be talking about western expansion from a Native perspective, so this will include topics like: invasion, land theft, disease, wars, massacres, death, genocide, slavery, extermination campaigns, forced assimilation, environmental destruction, racism, Native rights violations and issues, poverty, etc. 
These subjects are very sensitive and can be upsetting. I approach these topics with sensitivity and care. 

Historic images and paintings are used in the slideshows - the ones I use are relatively mild, but do include historic photographs of Native prisoner of war camps and internment sites, historic photographs of the destruction of the buffalo herds, drawings and paintings of historic events and people, images that include weapons, and images of modern poverty and rights violations. Nothing is extreme or over the top, but the content exists because those are the topics we are talking about. 

I will be using several videos - most of them have no concerning content, however I will be using multiple clips of a video from the National Museum of the American Indian in which there are personal stories of forced removal as well as the use of a racial slur. 

This class is not for sensitive learners and I have a strict age limit set for the class. 

I will be posting additional resources, videos, and articles in the classroom after each class. Please be sure to review these resources or explore them with your student. Videos will be embedded in the classroom.