Period FOUR: American Authors Blog #1

PLEASE NOTE: As of 11/4/14, this blog has been completed and assessed for proficiency.  If you desire to add a comment or reply to this blog, please notify Mr. Dawursk so that you may receive credit for the assignment and be assessed for benchmark proficiencies.

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AA Blog #1 (PERIOD 4): Native American Experience / Exploration& Early Settlers

Directions:

• First, answer in one comment THREE questions of your choice from the list of eight below.
• Next, respond to at least ONE other classmate’s comment.
• Put your complete first name and last name’s first initial at the end of your comment (e.g. Matthew D.)
• Your comment and response blogs are
  due by 11:00 AM - Thursday, October 30,2014.
• Use complete sentences and appropriate spelling and grammar.  Suggestion:  Write your comment in MSWord first (free spell check) and paste it into the blog.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Trickster tales endure, in part, simply because they are fun to read.  But they also often serve to teach a lesson or moral.  What does Coyote and the Buffalo teach or explain?  Support your answer with specific examples.
2. In your opinion, what are the most important insights Momaday gains about his heritage during his pilgrimage from Yellowstone to his grandmother's grave in the story The Way to Rainy Mountain?  Support your opinion with evidence from the text.
3. Teacher and scholar Kenneth M. Roemer has argued that “in The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday links the survival of his people to their ability to remember, preserve and pass on stories.” Do you agree that a culture’s survival rests on this ability?  Explain, using evidence from the text to support your opinion.
4.  Review your answers to the quiz about slavery we took in class (on page 83 in your textbook) before reading The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oldaudah Equiano.   What facts or details in his account most surprised you?  What did you learn that you may have answered incorrectly on the quiz?  
5.  In 1775, just 14 years before writing his life story, Equiano bought slaves to work on his Central American plantation.  He explained his actions by saying he did what he could “to comfort the poor creatures, and render their condition easy.”  Do you find this explanation consistent with the views of slavery put forth in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oldaudah Equiano?  Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.
6. Bradford’s word choice and his choice of details in his story Of Plymouth Plantation provide subtle clues to Puritan beliefs.  Reread Bardford’s account of the arrival at Cape Cod (lines 4-30). What does his description reveal about Puritan attitudes toward Nature?   
7.  Review the terms of the treaty between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag (lines 142-154).  Notice which terms apply to both parties equally and which do not.  In your opinion, is the treaty fair?  Explain your answer
8. How might a Wampanoag historian’s version of events differ from Bradford’s?  Choose an episode from Of Plymouth Plantation cite specific details that might change to reflect this different perspective.  Why?

Period FIVE: American Authors Blog #1

PLEASE NOTE: As of 11/4/14, this blog has been completed and assessed for proficiency.  If you desire to add a comment or reply to this blog, please notify Mr. Dawursk so that you may receive credit for the assignment and be assessed for benchmark proficiencies.

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AA Blog #1 (PERIOD 5): Native American Experience / Exploration& Early Settlers

Directions:

• First, answer in one comment THREE questions of your choice from the list of eight below.
• Next, respond to at least ONE other classmate’s comment.
• Put your complete first name and last name’s first initial at the end of your comment (e.g. Matthew D.)
• Your comment and response blogs are
  due by 11:00 AM - Thursday, October 30,2014.
• Use complete sentences and appropriate spelling and grammar.  Suggestion:  Write your comment in MSWord first (free spell check) and paste it into the blog.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Trickster tales endure, in part, simply because they are fun to read.  But they also often serve to teach a lesson or moral.  What does Coyote and the Buffalo teach or explain?  Support your answer with specific examples.
2. In your opinion, what are the most important insights Momaday gains about his heritage during his pilgrimage from Yellowstone to his grandmother's grave in the story The Way to Rainy Mountain?  Support your opinion with evidence from the text.
3. Teacher and scholar Kenneth M. Roemer has argued that “in The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday links the survival of his people to their ability to remember, preserve and pass on stories.” Do you agree that a culture’s survival rests on this ability?  Explain, using evidence from the text to support your opinion.
4.  Review your answers to the quiz about slavery we took in class (on page 83 in your textbook) before reading The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oldaudah Equiano.   What facts or details in his account most surprised you?  What did you learn that you may have answered incorrectly on the quiz?  
5.  In 1775, just 14 years before writing his life story, Equiano bought slaves to work on his Central American plantation.  He explained his actions by saying he did what he could “to comfort the poor creatures, and render their condition easy.”  Do you find this explanation consistent with the views of slavery put forth in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oldaudah Equiano?  Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.
6. Bradford’s word choice and his choice of details in his story Of Plymouth Plantation provide subtle clues to Puritan beliefs.  Reread Bardford’s account of the arrival at Cape Cod (lines 4-30). What does his description reveal about Puritan attitudes toward Nature?   
7.  Review the terms of the treaty between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag (lines 142-154).  Notice which terms apply to both parties equally and which do not.  In your opinion, is the treaty fair?  Explain your answer
8. How might a Wampanoag historian’s version of events differ from Bradford’s?  Choose an episode from Of Plymouth Plantation cite specific details that might change to reflect this different perspective.  Why?

Period SEVEN: American Authors Blog #1

PLEASE NOTE: As of 11/4/14, this blog has been completed and assessed for proficiency.  If you desire to add a comment or reply to this blog, please notify Mr. Dawursk so that you may receive credit for the assignment and be assessed for benchmark proficiencies.

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AA Blog #1 (PERIOD 7): Native American Experience / Exploration& Early Settlers

Directions:

• First, answer in one comment THREE questions of your choice from the list of eight below.


• Next, respond to at least ONE other classmate’s comment.


• Put your complete first name and last name’s first initial at the end of your comment (e.g. Matthew D.)


• Your comment and response blogs are
  due by 11:00 AM - Thursday, October 30,2014.


• Use complete sentences and appropriate spelling and grammar.  Suggestion:  Write your comment in MSWord first (free spell check) and paste it into the blog.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Trickster tales endure, in part, simply because they are fun to read.  But they also often serve to teach a lesson or moral.  What does Coyote and the Buffalo teach or explain?  Support your answer with specific examples.


2. In your opinion, what are the most important insights Momaday gains about his heritage during his pilgrimage from Yellowstone to his grandmother's grave in the story The Way to Rainy Mountain?  Support your opinion with evidence from the text.


3. Teacher and scholar Kenneth M. Roemer has argued that “in The Way to Rainy Mountain, N. Scott Momaday links the survival of his people to their ability to remember, preserve and pass on stories.” Do you agree that a culture’s survival rests on this ability?  Explain, using evidence from the text to support your opinion.


4.  Review your answers to the quiz about slavery we took in class (on page 83 in your textbook) before reading The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oldaudah Equiano.   What facts or details in his account most surprised you?  What did you learn that you may have answered incorrectly on the quiz?  


5.  In 1775, just 14 years before writing his life story, Equiano bought slaves to work on his Central American plantation.  He explained his actions by saying he did what he could “to comfort the poor creatures, and render their condition easy.”  Do you find this explanation consistent with the views of slavery put forth in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oldaudah Equiano?  Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.


6. Bradford’s word choice and his choice of details in his story Of Plymouth Plantation provide subtle clues to Puritan beliefs.  Reread Bardford’s account of the arrival at Cape Cod (lines 4-30). What does his description reveal about Puritan attitudes toward Nature?   


7.  Review the terms of the treaty between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag (lines 142-154).  Notice which terms apply to both parties equally and which do not.  In your opinion, is the treaty fair?  Explain your answer


8. How might a Wampanoag historian’s version of events differ from Bradford’s?  Choose an episode from Of Plymouth Plantation cite specific details that might change to reflect this different perspective.  Why?