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HSS-5.3.4 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-5.3.4
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 5
Course: United States History and Geography: Making a New Nation, Grade 5

Overarching Standard:
HSS-5.3 Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers.

Standard:
Discuss the role of broken treaties and massacres and the factors that led to the Indians’ defeat, including the resistance of Indian nations to encroachments and assimilation (e.g., the story of the Trail of Tears).

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