19th century textbook

a. link to textbook archive
b. I am writing a blog post based on how a child in the 19th century, reading this 19th century textbook for homework would have a bad view of indians because of how they are described in the text book. They are called savages numerous times. The definition of savage is, fierce, violent, and uncontrolled. The definition of savage is the quality of being fierce of cruel.
c. If I were a child reading this for homework, I would be scared of the indians. I would see them as very dangerous and uncontrollable. Many times the indians were not even said to be savage, but called savage instead of indians.

Journal Entry

Rancher living in California near the Baker River, written on October 9, 1880.
based on this newspaper





I am a rancher and I just moved near the Baker river. I am scared to leave any of my belongings unguarded here. A rancher just a little ways from me named Anderson Evarts lost his ax and other belongings a few days ago and ended up having to shoot an indian over it. I am tired of them stealing.  I have a revolver and I don't want to have to use it but I have now started to carry it where ever I go. I heard that Evarts just about got stabbed by the indians. There is talk of an indian outbreak, why can't they just leave us alone. I worry moving here was a bad idea.

news papers part 2

Our use of social media is selective and intentional so that we tend to remain interested in only things we've already been interested in, were as newspapers expose readers to information on a broad range of topics. This can connect communities by providing information about what others may be interested in. It may raise questions i never thought to ask.

news papers

3. A newspaper is a printed publication of folded unstapled sheets, containing news.
4. Newspapers where first invented in 1690 and in Boston.
5. Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestic was the first newspaper.
6. The leading stories are bad things happening around the world.
7. A news paper of record is a major news paper that has a large circulation. The first one was The New York Times.
8. News papers are printed at one point in time and show the news that is know at that one point in time. They can help you see past perspectives on events.

Indian tribes

       There are currently 562 indian tribes that are federally recognized. Out of the 562, 229 of the tribes are in Alaska.  The remaining ones are in 33 other states. Not all tribes are federally recognized, the ones that are federally recognized are the ones recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Most of the tribes are recognized, because it is very important to the members of the tribe to have their tribe to have their recognized. This is because if the tribe is not federally recognized then they do not qualify for special federal and state programs, social services, and funding. It also validates their "tribal sovereignty".  The process is not easy however, there are many guidelines.
      Tribes are often very large, they have over 75 or so people most of the time. The need for so many people is because of the large number of jobs. Today there are not as many jobs but there are still a lot of people in a tribe because that was the way it used to be.

Sources:
 http://www.ncai.org/about-tribes/indians_101.pdf
http://www.californiaindianeducation.org/tribes/faq/
http://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/multimedia/we-are-muckleshoot.aspx

First Quarter Reflection

     This quarter I have improved in many different ways. One of the main ways I have improved is in my ability to watch movies to learn history from them. I have learned how to analyze movies that I could not have before this Quarter. I used to think of lots of the parts of movies as irrelevant but now I am not only able to appreciate them but I am also able to learn from them. I have also become a much better blogger. What I mean by that is that I feel a lot more confident about reading someones ideas and incorporation them into my writing. I used to be very scared that I would plagiarize but now I am confident in my ability to cite the source properly, and how to paraphrase properly.
       I also improved a lot from the essay. The use of the note cards helped me to really organize my thoughts. When i was writing the note cards i was trying to only use one per topic, and that helped me to really think about what quotes are the best and witch ones meant the most. It also helped me to condense my research, witch made it a whole lot easier to read when it was  time for the essay.
      There are still several ways i would like to improve. One is that i would like to continue to further my skill of analizing movies. I would also like to learn how to see if a source is a good source. I know the obvious ones that teachers don't like such as wikipedia and answers.com, and i know teachers like resources with .gov and .edu. Other that that i really don't have much knowledge as to what makes a good source a good source, and i would love to be able to easily identify a good source.

Learning History Through Film

Books are often used while studying history, they can easily be substituted with movies and not negatively impact learning. History is about past events and the best way to understand past events is to reenact them. While many movies primary purpose is to entertain the audience, there are some movies that are also meant to teach the audience history. Two great examples are Glory and 12 Years a Slave.

12 Years a Slave is a great movie to teach students how slaves were treated in the past and to also show many other events that were going on in the past. The director of 12 Years a Slave wanted the movie to be as close to being realistic as possible. The director, Steve McQueen said “Everyone's an Adult here; they know how to deal with it. It’s not about sort of sugarcoating it. We’re here to do something we feel that is necessary.” Steve McQueen did not care about how people might react to what was in the movie, he just wanted the movie to be as close to real life as possible. There were some mistakes made in the movie however. For example Solomon did not have 2 children instead he had 3, and Patsey did not beg Solomon to end her life. Even though there are a few mistakes made in a movie does not mean the movie is not able to teach a student anything. The people researching what to put in the movie will most likely be looking at the same history we are. Also if a mistake is made then all we have to do is simply look up “historical inaccuracies” on the internet, and we will learn about all of the mistakes made so we will not believe them. Learning historical facts is not the only thing needed to have a knowledge of history.

While history is about knowing about all the past events it is also about know how life was back in the time period being studied. The director of Glory, Ed Zwick said “make a movie about the African-American experience.” If a teacher who only wanted to teach events in history heard this about Glory, they would assume it would have no educational benefit, but it does. It allows us see what the “ African-American experience” was like and how it is different from the modern day “African-American experience.” Even though Ed Zwick was said “make a movie about the African-American experience,” that does not mean that is was not historically accurate.

Glory was for the most part historically accurate, it had a few inaccuracies here and there, but nothing major. One great thing about movies that talk about history is that is often able to teach you a large amount of history in a short amount of time. The screenplay written by Jarre, for Glory, was mainly based on letters written by Colonel Shaw. Simply reading letters from one person's point of view does not give us a good understanding of history so we would need to read many other accounts of the historical events described by Colonel Shaw to understand history accurately. Historically accurate movies like Glory and 12 Years a Slave  have already gathered all of the information a put it into one view that best fits the many views used to make the movie.

To get a benefit from watching a historical movie you must first learn to think critically about it. Without thinking critically about what is going on in a movie then you are simply watching it for entertainment. In the movie Glory, of the slaves in the 54th regiment is a slave and one is a free man. Without thinking critically i might think that it is simply a difference in their personality that causes them to handle situations differently. When i think about is analytically I am able to see that is not only their personality but also that they are from completely different backgrounds and they believe very different things.

Glory and 12 Years a Slave have taught me a lot about history and have helped me understand life in that time period.  Movies many be considered unfit for education, but how how different are they truly from any other method of learning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film) -12 years a slave cost and goals and intentions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(1989_film) - gory cost and goals and intentions

http://ashbrook.org/publications/oped-owens-00-patriot/ -inaccuracies of Glory

http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/reel_new/films/list/0_10_9_22 inaccuracies of Glory

http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/12-years-a-slave.php -inaccuacies of 12 Years a Slave

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/how-em-12-years-a-slave-em-gets-history-right-by-getting-it-wrong/280911/ - inaccuacies of 12 Years a Slave

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/12-years-a-slave-steve-mcqueen-12 years a slave goals and intentions

http://www.historynet.com/basking-in-two-decades-of-glory.htm- glory goals and intentions