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Indian Boarding Schools: Civilizing the Native Spirit
My Gallery Sioux boys of the first class entering Carlisle

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  1. Select 3-5 pictures that best illustrate how American Indians' lives were expected to change after attending a boarding school.
  2. Search the galleries of pictures, Appearances, Dwellings, and Daily Life and Customs, in this lesson or do your own search using the American Memory collections to create your own gallery of pictures.
  3. Present these pictures in one of two ways.

  4. * Print the pictures and paste them on paper to make a gallery display.
    * Collect the pictures and save them to a computer disk, creating a virtual gallery. Print your selections.

  5. Respond to the following questions:
    1. What is the main idea being illustrated in your gallery?
    2. What could not be explained about boarding schools in your collection?
    3. What would be a good title for your collection?

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