• Mar132011
    Ch. 9 Zinn: SLAVERY WITHOUT SUBMISSION, EMANCIPATION WITHOUT FREEDOM comments

    POSTED AT 11:54 PM

    http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnslaem10.html

    Read Chapter 9
    14 Points respond to the Comment Prompt, 6 Points come back and EFFECTIVELY and CRITICALLY respond to a classmates' comments.
    What were the socio-economic structures supporting and justifying slavery? 
    What is Zinn's argument about why the the U.S. government supported slavery? 
    How did freedom finally come in Zinn's perspective? 
    Why did freedom not come through widespread rebellion?
    What did Zinn suggest might have happen if slaves had been allowed to rebel?
    What did Zinn mean when he referred to a generalized class movement?
    Was the Emancipation Proclamation what you have always though it to be? Where did it come up short?
    If you were told that Abraham Lincoln would not have freed the slaves had the South not seceded and gone to war, that Lincoln did not free the slaves in the border states and that it was also suggested to you that Lincoln was willing to compromise on the slave issue with the South early on in the war to make peace with them and save the Union, how might this change you perspective of Lincoln the Great Emancipator vs. Lincoln the Politician?
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    Mar102011
    Zinn; Chapter 8: WE TAKE NOTHING BY CONQUEST, THANK GOD comments

    POSTED AT 07:58 PM

    Read Chapter 8 of Zinn. The focus of Chapter 8 is the Mexican-American War. Respond to as many of the following questions in your comments. What does Zinn argue?  How do many written histories portray the war? Is the war popular? How do people think about fighting to gain land? How can you describe President Polk's  expansionist agenda?  Were we justified in our conquest of Mexico?  The media is important TODAY in swaying public opinion. How did the newspapers influence the citizens to think about the war and Polk's policies? What examples did Zinn use to suggest what the true response of citizens actually was? What can we surmise about the war's popularity from what we know about the military at this time?

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    Mar092011
    Zinn: Ch 7: AS LONG AS GRASS GROWS OR WATER RUNS comments

    POSTED AT 06:58 PM

    Read Chapter 7 of Zinn and comment. Be sure to address the following questions:
    • Why does Zinn refer to women as the most "interior" group oppressed by the new nation? 
    • Why does he refer Indians were the most "exterior" group oppressed by the new nation? 
    • How does  Zinn describes the Euro-American treatment of Native Americans? 
    • What is your take about the many armed conflicts, the integrity of the treaties which were made, and the forced displacements of the natives from their lands?
    • How does the trail of tears make you feel about our government, especially under the presidential administration of Andrew Jackson?  
    • How does Zinn describe the Native American response to government mistreatment? 
    • How does Zinn contrast that  mistreatment with the white's justification of that treatment?
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    Mar092011
    Zinn Ch 6: THE INTIMATELY OPPRESSED Comments

    POSTED AT 05:14 PM

    Read Chapter 6 of Zinn's a People's History of the United States. 
    • Comment about your thoughts about how women were treated based on Zinn's account in the early period of our history and even later (using your own background knowledge). 
    • Compare the plight of women to other groups. 
    • Why do you think it has been so hard through history to recognize "people" as equals rather than separate, discriminate, and persecute them for their differences? 
    • Why does Zinn use the term "intimately oppressed as part of the title?  
    • During the early nineteenth century, what was the "cult of true womanhood?" 
    • Do we ever find ourselves seeing others as different and treating them as such? 
    • Is it possible to draw lines where we will treat some as inferior based on how we perceive them to be different than ourselves. 
    • What role did Anne Hiutchinson, the Grimke sisters and others play in the role women have in society today?
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    Feb282011
    Zinn Chapter 5: A KIND OF REVOLUTION

    POSTED AT 09:05 AM

    Read Chapter 5 of Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." After reading, think about what things struck you as cruel, barbaric, out of context with your previous views of the time period and/or specifically George Washington and the Continental Army (requirements and consequences). Did you find things revolting, repulsive, immoral? Why or Why not? Construct a coherent couple paragraphs on how this chapter of Zinn has given you a little bit different perspective of the Revolution as well as George Washington.
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    Feb152011
    Read Zinn Chapter 4; Tyranny is Tyranny

    POSTED AT 04:28 PM

    Post what you got out of this reading. Be original from other classmate's post, but also try to take a moment to comment on anyone elses's post with whether you agree or disagree with it and why.
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    Feb152011
    Zinn Chapter 3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition (Bacon's Rebellion, Servitude)

    POSTED AT 04:22 PM

    Read Chapter 3 of Zinn ("Persons of Mean and Vile Condition") and NOW reflect and comment now that you have a different viewpoint of Bacon's Rebellion and the whole concept of Servitude.  Think about who were the good guys, who were the bad guys. Who were the victims? Were some of the bad guys also victims as well?  Could any particular event possibly have caused history to take a different course of action than what it eventually did?
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    Feb092011
    Zinn: Ch 1 COLUMBUS, THE INDIANS, AND HUMAN PROGRESS (Columbus Comments)

    POSTED AT 06:11 PM

    After reading and/or reviewing chapter 1 of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, reflect and comment about your before and after point of review about Columbus in the terms of the historical significance or repercussions to any one or more groups of people and to the culture we have today. Support your beliefs. You may use any of the answers to the Columbus/Zinn questions from the answer sheet if you find that beneficial.  You may agree or disagree with others that have posted before you, BUT you have to defend yourself citing examples from the book as evidence of your grasp of the material. Think also and reflect about how history views the conquerors, winners, and victors in their conflicts and conquests. is it fair? Is it right? Is it the "system?"
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    Feb062011
    Howard Zinn Ch 2; DRAWING THE COLOR LINE Comments

    POSTED AT 11:37 PM

    Post Your Summary Comments on Howard Zinn Ch 2; Comment on one other student's comment
    Read and reflect on the meaning of this chapter and what it is telling you. What do you find particularly interesting? What are you offended by or now more engaged about?
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