This is a Trail of Tears lesson for 4th grade social studies (or other upper elementary social studies lessons). It takes students through natives' efforts in assimilation, then resistance, and ultimately, removal.Includes: Presentation slides covering assimilation efforts, Andrew Jackson, Indian Removal Act, Cherokee resistance, and the Trail of Tears and its impactDigital (can be printed, too) task slides with many social studies skill-based questions, including critical thinking, map labeling