Week #2 HIST 1301: US History I Monday, Aug 31st Contact Songs • Cortez the Killer, Neil Young: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSj5yOK_mt4 Objectivity vs Subjectivity • Objectivity: • Intended to be unbiased, measurable, observable, fact based • Semiotics (Someone Read These): • Semantics: relation between signs and the things to which they refer; their meaning • Syntactics: relations among or between signs in formal structures • Pragmatics: relation between signs and sign-using agents • “Ball in a Stream” • MEF (6:13): http://www.mediaed.org/cgibin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action& key=118 • Subjectivity: • Based on personal opinions, interpretations, points of view, emotions and judgment Sources: Define and List • Primary: • Something that was created at the time under study • • • • • Journals/Diaries Arrowheads Speeches Court/Official Records Creative works (art, music, etc.) • Secondary: • Created after the fact, based on primary sources • • • • • Text books Magazine articles History books/articles Criticisms/commentaries Encyclopedias Legacy of Colonialism • Quickly (graded on speed not accuracy): • Draw the first thing that comes to your mind when I say “Native American” Legacy of Colonialism • • • • Why do certain images persist? (Write Down Two) Lack of written sources detailing the Native perspective People telling the story lived in genuine fear of violence Images were cemented in pop culture (“Cowboys and Indians”) [discuss creation stories] Week #2 HIST 1301: US History I Wednesday, Sept 31st Contact Songs • Buffy Sainte-Marie, “My Country Tis Of Thy People”: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTqV1pnQoos • Richard Pryor “Indians”: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAF3oEvGBiI Contact • Apocalypto (6:31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3H_xsdr-Vs • “True Size” map: http://thetruesize.com/ Papers • • • • • • • • • • Type your name, hit return (no titles/info) No contractions No first person No “size” words Print on both sides Italics/titles No colloquialisms No “In the Yawp book it says this…” Include page numbers for direct quotes, steer clear of long quotes I do not want description/summary of what the author writes, I’m testing your comprehension (I’ve read it) • Be formal and give me a good effort, writing is much different than talking Contact • Who Discovered the Americas? • What do we know about Columbus? • The Columbus Day Myth • We tend to leave out or diminish the genocide fundamental to contact • What was Columbus hired to do? • Did people know what he was doing was wrong? • Bartolome de las Casas Contact (Groups) • Religion • Economics • Politics • Family • Indigenous People • Europeans Colonization vs. Resistance • What are the ideal conditions or circumstances for colonization? • • • • Instability Biological advantage Technological advantage Political Advantage • What are the best ways to resist colonization? • Violence • Making deals/helping • Foot dragging, tool breaking, feigned incompetence • Hidden transcript