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USE with articles identified.

The statements are answers to questions (modeled after the TV show Jeopardy!). Students must answer in the form of questions.

DIVIDE the class into teams.

READ the statements.

CALL on the first team with a hand raised.

INDIAN MASCOTS: INSULT OR HONOR?

(1) The Spirit Lake tribe took Legal action against this university to try to force it to continue using the "Fighting Sioux" nickname.

What is the University of North Dakota?

(2) This organization, which governs college sports, banned "hostile and abusive" American Indian mascots, logos, and nicknames in 2005.

What is the National. Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.)?

(3) Most of the 900 non-professional athletic teams with Indian names and symbols are from these type of schools.

What are high schools?

(4) Approximately this many American schools were using Indian names and symbols for their athletic teams in 1970.

What is more than 3,000?

This term for a highly exaggerated and distorted image of a person or group is sometimes linked to the idea of stereotyping.

What is a caricature?

AFGHANISTAN: HOW WE GOT THERE

(1) He was the U.S. President when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

Who was Jimmy Carter?

(2) The Soviets were initially successful in fighting guerrillas in...

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