Discussion 1
Based on the reading, items that I found interesting was that, the words “Indian” is now being replaced with “Native American,” and the logic behind the reason is not very clear to why they are changing the name. Similar to the world, “Slave” which is being replaced, “enslaved person.” I think the motive behind these changes and terminology is to ease the historical contexts behind the words because each culture had suffered a lot. The initial word of “Slave” is much more bold and harsh, so I am assuming historians today are just changing to make it much easier to take in, without having harsh implicit connotations. Another thing that I found interesting was that, before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, African Americans …show more content…
Another thing I found interesting was that his first encounter with, Arawak Indians, the Indians swam to Columbus and greeted them, if I were the Native Americans, I would be scarred because who knew, there would another species of humans. What I found really fascinating was that, Columbus took Indians on his ship as prisoners, when the Indians didn’t really go anything to hurt Columbus. This was a bad way to start off first encounters and relationships with Europeans and Natives. An important fact I discovered was that, Columbus didn’t really get to see spices and gold, however, the biggest thing he found was the Americans, which was really the “gold” for Spain. Based on the reading, “Lies My Teacher Told Me,” five important or interesting facts I discovered was, that Columbus was raised as an experienced seafarer, he was convinced the world was round, while the other part of the world thought it was a straight line and one can fall of the edge. Columbus made three voyages to America, which is pretty impressive because of how small and weak ships were back then and handling enormous waves. I never knew, Columbus wasn’t the first one to reach the Americas, other people from other …show more content…
Along with gun rights, I did not know how the second amendment was formed till I watched the video, but after doing some research; the video was a bit much exaggerated. This exaggeration topic, relates to the interesting fact from Chapter one, how textbooks, exclude conflict or real suspense, “because readers know everything turned out fine in the end” as the reader is pretty much living in the “end.” Another interesting fact I encountered was that, textbooks don’t really show the bad parts of what the United States really did. Textbooks just neutralize the slave trade, when really, it was something nasty the United States did. My thoughts about twisted textbooks stories or articles within textbooks are that it is just sad. The truth should be told within the textbooks and should be clear of the good and bad actions the United States did in the past. If the country did a bad action in the past, It should fully go in depth detail and describe, instead just having a small section. This teaches students, and the citizens the real past of our country, instead of us making us think
Based on the reading, items that I found interesting was that, the words “Indian” is now being replaced with “Native American,” and the logic behind the reason is not very clear to why they are changing the name. Similar to the world, “Slave” which is being replaced, “enslaved person.” I think the motive behind these changes and terminology is to ease the historical contexts behind the words because each culture had suffered a lot. The initial word of “Slave” is much more bold and harsh, so I am assuming historians today are just changing to make it much easier to take in, without having harsh implicit connotations. Another thing that I found interesting was that, before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, African Americans …show more content…
Another thing I found interesting was that his first encounter with, Arawak Indians, the Indians swam to Columbus and greeted them, if I were the Native Americans, I would be scarred because who knew, there would another species of humans. What I found really fascinating was that, Columbus took Indians on his ship as prisoners, when the Indians didn’t really go anything to hurt Columbus. This was a bad way to start off first encounters and relationships with Europeans and Natives. An important fact I discovered was that, Columbus didn’t really get to see spices and gold, however, the biggest thing he found was the Americans, which was really the “gold” for Spain. Based on the reading, “Lies My Teacher Told Me,” five important or interesting facts I discovered was, that Columbus was raised as an experienced seafarer, he was convinced the world was round, while the other part of the world thought it was a straight line and one can fall of the edge. Columbus made three voyages to America, which is pretty impressive because of how small and weak ships were back then and handling enormous waves. I never knew, Columbus wasn’t the first one to reach the Americas, other people from other …show more content…
Along with gun rights, I did not know how the second amendment was formed till I watched the video, but after doing some research; the video was a bit much exaggerated. This exaggeration topic, relates to the interesting fact from Chapter one, how textbooks, exclude conflict or real suspense, “because readers know everything turned out fine in the end” as the reader is pretty much living in the “end.” Another interesting fact I encountered was that, textbooks don’t really show the bad parts of what the United States really did. Textbooks just neutralize the slave trade, when really, it was something nasty the United States did. My thoughts about twisted textbooks stories or articles within textbooks are that it is just sad. The truth should be told within the textbooks and should be clear of the good and bad actions the United States did in the past. If the country did a bad action in the past, It should fully go in depth detail and describe, instead just having a small section. This teaches students, and the citizens the real past of our country, instead of us making us think