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Bellwork 1/26

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was the Carlisle Indian School located?

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Maine

2.

This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to

a)

train future leaders in tribal traditions

b)

prepare children for life on the reservation

c)

teach skills needed for working in factories

d)

promote cultural assimilation by getting rid of the Native American culture and traditions

3.

Assimilation means...

a)

to become a part of a different culture

b)

to forget your name

c)

to leave your home

d)

to ignore another culture

4.
What is the name of the well known boarding school in Pennsylvania which led the way in the formal education of Indian students?
a)
Custer Industrial School 
b)
Caplin Indian School
c)
Carlisle Industrial School
d)
Catskills Indian School
5.

What was the true purpose of the Indian Boarding Schools?

a)

The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory

b)

To "civilize" Native Americans

c)

To give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English

d)

To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage

6.

Indian children in boarding schools ...

a)

had to wear uniforms and keep their hair short

b)

enjoyed their education and life there

c)

could keep their Indian names

d)

could see their families very often

7.

What do you call a school where the students also eat and sleep?

a)

An elementary school

b)

A junior high school

c)

A high school

d)

A boarding school

8.

What do you call the people and animals that originally lived in a particular place?

a)

Industrial

b)

Indigenous

c)

Independent

d)

Inventive

9.

Richard Pratt is famously quoted as saying ”Kill the Indian. Save the man.” What did that mean?

a)

To get rid of Native traditions in order to make them more civilized

b)

To provoke the Indians to kill one another

c)

To kill the Natives in order to destroy them forever

10.

Richard Henry Pratt opened the Carlisle Industrial School. What caused Pratt to do this?

a)

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)

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)

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)

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.