For those who are able to attend school in person and have independent study options, for those who are pursuing distance/remote/online education at home due to COVID-19, and for those practicing home schooling on a regular basis, please consider investigation of the following terms and concepts by secondary students studying Minnesota history, American history, world history, and social studies:
American Exceptionalism
Settler-Colonialism
Doctrine of Discovery
Manifest Destiny
Related terms -- unjust enrichment, assimilation, termination, and relocation.
Jim Godsey, Rochester