Today's journal entry will take us back in time to the beginnings of our country. I want you to think back as if you were there. Use what you have learned about our country's history as a baseline and get ready to think differently...
Our history as presented in our history textbooks is most definitely presented from an American perspective. what I want you to do is to think about the time period when we as a country declared our independence from England and answer the following questions:
1. What might the mood have been like in the colonies at that time? What were they thinking about? How did they feel about what was taking place?
2. How do you think the leaders of England felt? What about the common folks in England? What do you think the mood might have been in England as the US announced its independence?
3. Now put yourself in the mindset of the native American population. How might they have viewed these events? What was the mood of their people at this time?
4. What about other groups? China? Spain? France? Mexico? What about people in African countires?
5. Who had the right perspcetive? Anyone? Did each group have the right to feel as they did?
6. Would the Native Americans have been justified to resist and kill the new Americans? Would England have had a right to take back the land? Would either the Native Americans or England have a right to take the land back today? If you answer yes in the past, but not now, what is the difference between then and now?
7. Does thinking about an event like this from other people's perspectives change the way you feel about what happened at all? Does it make you wonder how many things that you have learned through only one perspective? Do you see the value in thinking about things through the eyes of others before making big decisions?
Anyone can view this victoria j | November 16th, 2009 how do you add stuff to your technosworld page |
|---|---|
victoria j | November 16th, 2009 why is rebekah doing this |
 Rebekah B | November 16th, 2009 10 days till my birthday |
Rebekah B | November 16th, 2009 hey everyone |
 Anonymous | November 13th, 2009 Mr Timm is newflag. |
March 9th, 2010
February 8th, 2010
February 5th, 2010
February 2nd, 2010
December 17th, 2009
