Discussion Questions
Discussion Question 2
Directions:
- After reading the lecture, answer one of the following questions. This question is due no later than Thursday, September 10.
- Your responses to other students' answers are due by midnight on Sunday, Sept. 13.
- Remember: in order to get the full 20 points, you MUST respond thoughtfully to at least 3 or 4 other people's postings. This set of discussion questions is worth a possible 20 points.
- Late answers and responses receive 0 points, so post early :)
We will be using the ETUDES Discussion Board for this class. Click on the link below to get to the ETUDES portal, sign in, and then click on the tab for this class. You will find the "Discussion and Private Messages" link on the left side of the screen:
1. What are the similarities and differences between the California Indian stories you read for Week 1? What do these similarities and differences reveal about the similarities and differences between the environments and customs of the peoples who told them?
2. What do the California Indian stories reveal about the attitudes of the peoples who told them? What, for example, is their attitude toward animals? Human beings? The earth? The sun? Water? etc. What do the excerpts we read for this week, by the explorers and settlers, reveal about their attitudes? How do the attitudes and ideas of the two groups differ?
3. How are the California Indian stories similar to or different from the creation stories from your own culture?
"California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that."
~ Saul Bellow