Deep Thoughts by Rick Lee
Remember that this is the last week that I will be guiding you with questions on the blog, and if you haven't created a profile yet, that is part of your weekly participation.....
1. First, everyone who did not complete the free association exercise from last week's blog (you 40 people know who you are) do so before class this week. You will find it listed in the questions for last week. You will need to bring those to class.
2. Contrasting the Axtell article and the New England Primer's instructions to children from last week, what can you see from the document reader that helps explain the appeal of Indian society to some men, women, and children in Colonial America. In turn, what cultural differences would have been the most difficult for Europeans to observe or accept.
3. A little role playing for the guys and ladies: given the option of living in Massachusetts Bay Colony (let's not think about Salem at this time) or among the Indian village of your choice, which do you choose and why? Also, obviously gender in important in explaining your choice (as it did for the colonists), but do you think class plays/played a role?
4. Consider these documents as sources for your own understanding of Native American history; what documents seemed to be the most objective and which were subtly biased? Is patriarchy visible in the European accounts?
See you Thursday/Friday....and if anyone knows how to fix a communication problem between a modem and a wireless router, please let me know.
I'm sure Phillip Seymour Hoffman is good, but my vote (if I had one) is for Terrence Howard
Rick
1. First, everyone who did not complete the free association exercise from last week's blog (you 40 people know who you are) do so before class this week. You will find it listed in the questions for last week. You will need to bring those to class.
2. Contrasting the Axtell article and the New England Primer's instructions to children from last week, what can you see from the document reader that helps explain the appeal of Indian society to some men, women, and children in Colonial America. In turn, what cultural differences would have been the most difficult for Europeans to observe or accept.
3. A little role playing for the guys and ladies: given the option of living in Massachusetts Bay Colony (let's not think about Salem at this time) or among the Indian village of your choice, which do you choose and why? Also, obviously gender in important in explaining your choice (as it did for the colonists), but do you think class plays/played a role?
4. Consider these documents as sources for your own understanding of Native American history; what documents seemed to be the most objective and which were subtly biased? Is patriarchy visible in the European accounts?
See you Thursday/Friday....and if anyone knows how to fix a communication problem between a modem and a wireless router, please let me know.
I'm sure Phillip Seymour Hoffman is good, but my vote (if I had one) is for Terrence Howard
Rick
posted by Anonymous at 5:21 PM
1 Comments:
Of course, I'm going to have to say that I'd rather be an Indian than a pilgrim. It all goes to the fact that women had so much more power in the Indian society. Women had some sort of voice and the men shared responsibility with the ladies of the tribe. Class was a non-issue in Indian society and it seemed a more peaceful life to live. Everyone helped out to keep the village running smoothly. Everyone was expected to play some role in society.
If I were a man, on the other hand, I'd probably choose to be a pilgrim. Men were in charge of everything. Although... class plays a huge role in pilgrim society. So perhaps I would choose Indian society regardless of sex. If you were wealthy in pilgrim society... life was good. But if you were lower class... it pretty muched sucked for all involved. On that note... I think I'll stick with the tribe.
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