Modern America
Name:
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TED Talk - Aaron Huey:
America's native prisoners
of war
1. What is the author’s purpose in writing
this piece?
How Native Americans View the U.S.
1. Why might Native Americans resent the
U.S.?
2. What has been the cost to Native
Americans for the progress of the United
States?
2. What strategies does the author use to
support his purpose?
3. Which picture best supports his purpose?
Explain why.
4. What did you learn about the history of
Native Americans from this TED Talk that
you didn’t already know?
3. Should you(we) [speaking from a nonNative American perspective] bare any
responsibility for the past discussed in this
TED Talk?