ABC-CLIO Launches Native American Rights Movement
CD
ABC-CLIO has announced the release
of The Native American Rights Movement in the United States: An Interactive
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM.
This CD-ROM provides students in grades 6–12 with information about
the eradication, relocation, and acculturation that Native Americans endured
as part of U.S. government policy through the use of the following resources:
Primary-source video and audio clips, images, and documents arranged around
themes to fit different curricular needs
A hyperlink button to the companion Web site that features related project-based
learning activities, teacher resources, and assistance
An image-mapped timeline that visually highlights the key people and events
of the movement
Biographies and background articles to aid students in understanding the
trials of Native Americans throughout U.S. history
An intuitive, user-friendly design and navigation system to build research
and information-management skills
Over 2 dozen tables that provide a foundation for student learning
A design that facilitates the creation of customized print, overhead, or
computer-based presentations through the combination of CD-ROM resources
and student work
Windows 95/98/NT compatibility
The CD-ROM also offers detailed information about the Doolittle Commission’s
prejudiced 1867 report “Conditions of the Indian Tribes,” Wintu tribe member
Carol Miller’s discussion about the 1969–1971 protest occupation of Alcatraz
Island, a 19th-century illustration of U.S. troops using bloodhounds to
hunt Seminole Indians, 1990 data on reservation living conditions, and
a video clip of Oglala Sioux leader Russell Means announcing the 1973 takeover
of Wounded Knee.
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