module 1 unit 2

Instructions

1. For this discussion, review your readings for Unit 2. Afterwards, you will analyze the photo of Tom Torlino embedded here. You might also look at at the Carlisle Indian School site. Feel free to do research outside the course if you’d like other points of view.

2. Choose one of the following characters and answer the following question FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

How would your character describe the impact of the transformation on Tom Torlino and others like him who attended the Carlisle Boarding School? How did this experience echo the expectations of other Americans for this type of school?

Possible Characters:

• a Navajo student
• a white American (male or female) Christian missionary
• an African American freedman from Mississippi

Be sure to put yourself in the shoes of the person you are speaking for — try to imagine how that person felt, what their ideals were, what they thought was good or right or appropriate at the time, even if you personally do not feel that way. Remember, history is not about you; it is about what people knew and felt and believed in the past, based on different knowledge than you and other modern people have about what happened later.

Before you complete your discussion, make sure you refer to the course rubric for the expectations for this assignment. Participating in the course discussions is an important part of your final grade. In your discussions, you cannot simply reply to someone’s posting with “ditto” or “I agree with you”. You must answer the question(s) asked in a minimum one paragraph. Your responses should also quote and cite the material you have read in the class so far; you may also do outside research. Use the for help with the correct citation style for your quotes.

Resource:

Title: American Yawp

Author(s): Joseph Locke & Ben Wright, editors

ISBN: 9781503608146