Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Understanding Historical World Views cont....

We have completed the first part of the Critical Challenge: Understanding Historical World Views

Part I
1. "White Man's Burden" and "Brown Man's Burden" analysis
2. Rudyard Kipling research
3. research, thoughts and ideas - answer questions on "Recording Our Ideas" sheet

Part II - some have begun part II

Read: "Sepulveda" (juanginesdesepulvdea_bi.pdf) account - to understand European perceptions of Aboriginal peoples and not to look for accurate portrayals on the Indigenous peoples.

Identify: the assumptions, beleifs and values attributed to Aboriginal peoples.

create a Word doc; title and identify

Homework for Tomorrow:

1. Read text p. 129-131
2. terms
3. Ideas and Opinions p. 129
4. Voices p 130-131 #1-2
5. Explore the Issues p.131 - research conflict in Sudan and Darfur region for basic understanding and then answer #2 a and b.

Have a great day!