Exploring Native America
Assignments
Homework
for February 3, 2003: finish reading article "The Non-Archeology
of the First
Americans". Read "The Coming of Gluscabi", beginning on page 4 of
Native American Stories.
Be prepared to discuss both in class. Look up any new vocabulary
words.
Homework
for February 5, 2003: visit the following websites. Read
about the Native Americans
who settled in the North (Alaska) and in the South (Florida). What
were their names? How are
they different? How are they similar? What do you know
about the climate of their land, their
homes, their clothing, their diets? Be prepared to discuss
in class. Look up any new
vocabulary words.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/croads/alaska.html
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/flafacts/seminole.html
Homework
for February 10, 2003: Talk to a GMU student or other native
English speaker. Ask for
the name of a famous Native American. Why was he or she famous?
Try to find out more about
this famous Native American. What tribe did he or she belong to?
When did this person live?
What is interesting about this person? (Suggestion: use the
Internet, with a search engine like
Google)
Homework
for February 12, 2003: Finish reading article on Beothuk.
What does the article say
about the origin of the term "redskin"? Read the story "How Grandmother
Spider Stole the
Sun", beginning on page 27 of Native American Stories. Be prepared
to discuss in class. Look
up any new vocabulary words.
Homework
for February 17, 2003: Visit the proverb links on the class website.
Find a Native
American proverb. Copy it. Try to understand it. Come
to class ready to discuss it. Prepare for
quiz.
Homework
for February 26, 2003: Read the handout "Native American Religion
in Early America"
and "Eagles and the Hopi". Be prepared to discuss in class.
Look up any new vocabulary
words.
Homework
for March 3, 2003: Read "Loo-Wit, the Fire-Keeper" , beginning
on page 21 of Native
American Stories. Be prepared to discuss both in class. Look
up any new vocabulary words.
Homework
for March 5, 2003: Read about Mt St Helens at the following link:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/msh/climactic.html
Homework
for March 17, 2003: Read "Tunka-shila, Grandfather Rock" on page
33 of text. Look
up new vocabulary. Think about Native American relationship to earth
and nature. Come to
class prepared to discuss.
Homework
for March 19, 2003: Read "Old Man Coyote and the Rock" on page
35 of the text.
Look up new vocabulary. Come to class prepared to discuss.
Homework
for March 24, 2003: Read "Keep Your Presents" and "Between Worlds".
Look up any
new vocabulary. Think about what happens when different cultures
meet. Come to class
prepared to discuss.
Homework
for March 31, 2003: Read "Before They Got Thick". Look
up any new vocabulary.
Come to class prepared to discuss. Explore the different websites
about Europeans in the New
World.
Homework
for April 2, 2003: Read "People of Peace". Look up any
new vocabulary. Come to
class prepared to discuss. What does this article say about contact
and conflict between
Native Americans and Europeans?
Homework
for April 7, 2003: Review word/concept list and material discussed
in class. Prepare
for quiz on Monday, April 7.
Homework
for April 9, 2003: Read "From 1609 to Today". Look up any
new vocabulary. Come
to class prepared to discuss. Why does the article say that, if were
not for the Mohawk Indians,
people in the US "might speak French instead of English"?
Homework
for April 14, 2003: Read "Koluscap and the Water Monster" on
page 59 of text.
Look up any new vocabulary. Come to class prepared to discuss.
Homework
for April 16, 2003: Read "I will fight no more forever".
Look up new vocabulary.
Come to class prepared to discuss.
Homework
for April 21, 2003: Read "Furs, Gold, and Poverty". Look
up new vocabulary.
Come to class prepared to discuss.
Homework
for April 23, 2003: Read "The Long Walk". Look up new vocabulary.
Come to
class prepared to discuss.
Homework
for April 28, 2003: Read "The Origin of Death", page 121 of text.
Who do you think
should have the "first say" and the "last say"? Write a short response
explaining your answer.
Homework
for April 30, 2003: Read "How Coyote Was the Moon", page 77 of
text. Come to
class prepared to discuss. Look up new vocabulary.
Homework
for May 5, 2003: Visit some of the Native American language websites
on the links
page. How many different Native American language families are there?
How many Native
American languages are still spoken in the US? What do the websites
say about Native
American sign language?