Sunday, September 28, 2008

Chelsea Lehner assign #4C

I thought that Monday’s class was extremely eye-opening. I had no idea how many young Indians were taken from their families to go to boarding schools. The atmosphere that they were put into must have been very difficult to endure. The idea of “killing the Indian to save the man” is such a racist ideology. Another thing I thought was interesting was that the war dance was actually a representation of each mans encounters during their battle. I think it is critical to incorporate technology when we teach children about Native Americans. I know I wouldn’t have had the faintest clue as to what the war dance looked like without the different videos we found on youtube.

1 comment:

EDCI Student said...

I agree with this blog. I did not have any idea what the Indians really went through and it is amazing and terrible what these people suffered. The movie idea I also like because visual is very key in most peoples learning. Charlie M