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For Blog #5, please answer all parts of the prompt and be sure that your initial post reaches the full 400 word minimum requirement. Don't forget to also post a response of at least 200 words to a peer's post as well!
1) Describe the trajectory of what happens in the textbook chapter, "From Sea to Shining Sea." How does the term “Manifest Destiny” relate to the chapter? Be sure to provide specific examples from the textbook.
2) How does your K-12 education relate to (or differ from) the experiences mentioned in Lim’s article "Educating Elementary School Students on California Missions"? What "myths" does Lim discuss in the article? What solution(s) is provided?
3) According to the article "The San Diego Mission and Kumeyaay Revolt: A Decolonized Mission Project," what happened during the Kumeyaay revolt? Also, how exactly was the author's daughter's modern-day 4th grade mission project "decolonizing" or an example of decolonization?
4) In the article "What the 'California Dream' Means to Indigenous Peoples," how does the author define the "California Dream"? What does the "California Dream" mean to Indigenous peoples? What solution does the author suggest?
5) Lastly, please share your overall thoughts/reactions/reflections on this week's materials.
https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/docv...
https://theconversation.com/what-the-california-dream-means-to-indigenous-peoples-79889
https://www.cutcharislingbaldy.com/blog/the-san-di...
https://theconversation.com/what-the-california-dr...
TEXTBOOK- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
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1) Describe the trajectory of what happens in the textbook chapter, "From Sea to Shining
Sea." How does the term "Manifest Destiny" relate to the chapter? Be sure to provide
specific examples from the textbook.
The chapter 'From sea to Shining Sea', details the evacuation of Native Americans in California
by the missionaries through violet extermination and forced removal, and missionaries took their
lands. It also narrates how Mexicans' lives were affected by the conquering and colonization of
Mexico by the United States of America. The chapter details how the lives of Native Americans
in California and Mexico were affected by the missionaries and the United States of America,
respectively, as they were being forced out of their lands. The term 'Manifest Destiny' describes
the belief that white Americans were superior and were destined by God to conquer Northern
America's territories and expand United States borders. As the author notes, the patriotism of
white Americans to the removal of indigenous people from their lands justifies why the US's
attempt to expand its borders in the northern region had such a significant momentum.
2) How does your K-12 education relate to (or differ from) the experiences mentioned in
Lim's article "Educating Elementary School Students on California Missions"? What
"myths" does Lim discuss in the article? What solution(s) is provided?
The article 'Educating E...
