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AMERICAN STUDIES 1041 - FRONTIER HERITAGE
STUDY GUIDE SPIRIT OF THE BORDER
This study guide is it is designed to help you prepare for a discussion
leading to posting a response to this novel. You should follow the
outline below and use the other students in this class to help you think
about and write a post that will earn bonus points.
1.
(5 minutes) Write a question that you think would produce an interesting
discussion about Spirit of the Border. Think about the portraits
of Native Americans and the settlers that emerge in the novel and relate
them to the views expressed by Turner in "The Significance of the Frontier in
American History". Think about the account of the encounter between
the Christianized Native Americans and the Europeans that is presented on
the Moravian Massacre web
site.
2. (5 minutes) Write one sentence explaining why you think your question would help us to understand what
"Spirit of the Border" reveals about the world around us.
3. (30 minutes) Introduce yourself to the students in your group and share
your questions and explanations with the rest of the group. Spend a bit
of time talking with each other about each of the questions to see where
they lead you.
4. (15 minutes) Select a question (or questions) you would like to have
the instructor discuss that you think might produce a good discussion and
interesting commentaries. Then discuss that question with each other.
You should make a few notes on a separate sheet about what you say to each
other.
5. (5 minutes) Report your groups question(s) to the rest of the class.
Turn in this sheet with your groups question(s) and the names of the rest
of your group written in the spaces provided.
OUR QUESTION IS:
The members of group #_____ were:
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