On Friday (5/3/13) we did a fishbowl debate to decide what
should happen to the Cherokee people. In groups we represented the Trail of Tears.
My group represented the Christian Missionary we decided that President Jackson’s
Indian Removal Act was unchristian like and racist. Jackson refers to the
Cherokee people as “savages”. The Cherokee people had already been living of
the land for years and now they were being asked to just get up and leave everything
that they had. In addition, legal documents allowed the Cherokee to stay but Jackson
still forced them out west. Today in class (5/6/13) we worked on our Triton 16%
Smithsonian time badges.
The Cherokee’s Burden
Pile on the Cherokee’s Burden,
Send us away from our home,
Take everything we have,
It’s too bad all you can do is oppress.
Pile on the Cherokee’s Burden,
Jackson you should be impeached,
Legal documents allow us to stay,
Yet you still push us west.
Pile on the Cherokee’s Burden,
The Christians and Judicial branch agree we should stay,
Tradition will be terminated,
Just let us stay.
Pile on the Cherokee’s Burden,
Moving out west is tough,
No food, no supplies, nothing,
We must start over.
We will face several hardships,
Including death,
Pile on the Cherokee’s Burden.
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