WorksheetsBellwork 1/26
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where was the Carlisle Indian School located?
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maine
This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to
train future leaders in tribal traditions
prepare children for life on the reservation
teach skills needed for working in factories
promote cultural assimilation by getting rid of the Native American culture and traditions
Assimilation means...
to become a part of a different culture
to forget your name
to leave your home
to ignore another culture
What was the true purpose of the Indian Boarding Schools?
The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory
To "civilize" Native Americans
To give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English
To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage
Indian children in boarding schools ...
had to wear uniforms and keep their hair short
enjoyed their education and life there
could keep their Indian names
could see their families very often
What do you call a school where the students also eat and sleep?
An elementary school
A junior high school
A high school
A boarding school
What do you call the people and animals that originally lived in a particular place?
Industrial
Indigenous
Independent
Inventive
Richard Pratt is famously quoted as saying ”Kill the Indian. Save the man.” What did that mean?
To get rid of Native traditions in order to make them more civilized
To provoke the Indians to kill one another
To kill the Natives in order to destroy them forever
Richard Henry Pratt opened the Carlisle Industrial School. What caused Pratt to do this?
A. Pratt thought that white Americans had a lot to learn from Native Americans and the school would allow them to learn and grow together.
B. Pratt thought that the best way to solve Native American problems was to teach them what he believed was a more civilized way of life.
C. Pratt wanted to find a way for different Native American tribes to learn from each other and grow stronger so the U.S. government could not take their lands.
D. Pratt was a teacher and wanted to make sure that all children living in or near the U.S. had a good education so he opened a school where he could teach.
