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Do we use the term "Indians" or "Native Americans?" These are labels that have grouped all the pre-Columbian indigenous people into one large homogenous cultural group. However, there are major differences between each group.
For this assignment, choose at least two different Indian groups. If you wish, you can choose groups from this list, but feel free to choose others from your own research: Olmec, Inca, Aztecs, Maya, Arawak, Carib, Chibcha, Paez, Taino, Motilon (Bari), Iroquois, Huron, Mohawk, and Seminole.
For your two groups: compare their pre-Columbian society, achievements, lifestyles, and their political relationship(s) with other Indian groups as applicable.
Explain in general your groups' situations in the times prior to 1492.
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Using primary sources (https://teachinghistory.org/best-practices/using-p... (Links to an external site.)) , compare and contrast the experiences of at least 2 of the Thirteen original colonies. In your comparison find and review the original charter of each colony (see Avalon (https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/statech.... (Links to an external site.)) and Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/pre... (Links to an external site.)) website links below), paying attention to its stated purpose and objectives. How are the charters similar or different? When comparing the two charters (and colonial experience based on these two charters), consider: how the charter helped determine who had power (and who did not), how the charter influenced the growth of the colony, and how it impacted interactions with the Native Americans? What can we learn from these similarities and/or differences?
Note: For instance, you might compare Plymouth and Jamestown, or Georgia and Rhode Island. Charters can be accessed at: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/statech.... (Links to an external site.) or http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/pre... (Links to an external site.)
Note: A primary source is a document or artifact created at the time the event took place (such as the charters themselves). Your answer should use the charters, but can also use other primary sources (optional).
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Review the events from 1754 (the French and Indian War) to 1775 (the Battles at Lexington and Concord). Seeing how the colonists reacted so strongly to the Stamp Act, at what point from 1754 to 1776 was the "point of no return?" What event -- the Boston Massacre, Tea Party, or the Stamp Act -- caused the colonists to firmly resolve to fight rather than live under British rule?
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How well do art, theater, and Disney communicate history? While the scenes painted may be inspiring and patriotic, do they need to also be historically accurate? Reflect on such contemporary pieces as the play Hamilton and the painting of Washington crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze and explain the advantages or disadvantages of such portrayals.
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Running head: HOW ART, THEATER AND DISNEY COMMUNICATE HISTORY
How Art, Theater and Disney Communicate History
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HISTORY
These media are responsible for how history is carried to present and future generations.
Although the literature is considered the most accurate way that history is communicated, these
categories fall under literature. Since they are responsible for enlightening the society of core
values and norms through historical events that are distilled of information. Theater and Disney
communicate that legends are remains than history, literature is enforced over history and
superstition over science. This implies that movies create memories of history and what we can
form of it, history is the past but memory is now and thus, memory allows history to remain as
close as we would hope. This is the role of arts and theaters or movies.
These mediums are a way to remember the past, thus it might not be accurate but the way
the story is told in movies or portrayed in arts is as important as how one will decipher the
information. Since most of the events in Disney are fiction, the past event is remembered and
reconstructed with slight distillation and alteration of information. Reconstruction of historical
events depends on the memory of the writer, artists, and movie creators. The information may be
accurate but the alteration is meant to suit the contemporary market and audience. Thus history in
movies gets short-changed on two factors, the contemporary audience, or market, and the memory
of the creator.
For instance, the event of Washington Crossing the Delaware in which the artist depicts
General Washington’s attack on the Hessians. The history in this picture is a little bit altered which
can be attributed to the memory of the artist or any other factors. The boats were heading in the
wrong directions, and the ice floats are impossibly large, and at the back of the image, we can see
horses on the boats which are historical inaccuracy. (Dean, 2009) explains that historical events
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and story-telling in movies that are not live or raw documentary have more affinity for literature
than history. This implies that arts, theater, and Disney only communicate a portion of history.
The inaccuracies of history portrayed in arts, Disney, and Theaters can also be attributed
to doctoring as a result of plagiarism and originality of creativity. Thus, communication of history
through these mediums can be constructed and subjected to an artifact based on propaganda and
social persuasion. Thus unless, the film, art, or theater events are not raw, or live, then they are
subject to alteration and hence the inaccuracies in history. The only live movie to data is
the Zapruder Film which portrays the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The film has been
referenced in other various films, but with slight alterations, and sometimes, other films take the
exact events (Fetzer, 2003). The referencing of such live historical events helps to preserve the
memory and hence can be reconstructed in other mediums.
Ancient art can only adapt and recreated to communicate the historical message. The story
becomes refurbished over time and it is updated differently in media such as theater and Disney.
Thus the heritage of historical knowledge lies in the power of arts, theater, Disney, and other media
to recreated and form an adaptive communication. Despite the inaccuracies in these media, they
tend to give a hint of historical events and recreate the same event in contemporary society. It is
sometimes to relate the event in the contemporary world, thus the theaters, artifacts, and films or
Disney recreate the historical events in a way that is easy to relate. This enhances the memory of
historical events, hence communicating history.
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References
Dean, J. (2009). Adapting history and literature into movies.
Fetzer, J. H. (Ed.). (2003). The Great Zapruder film hoax: deceit and deception in the death of
JFK. Open Court Publishing.
Running head: WEEK ONE: THE NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS
Week One: The Native American Groups
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The Mayans and Olmecs were some of the greatest civilizations in the history of Native
Americans. They are considered to be some of the groups that are little known as compared to
other groups and the rest of world history. The Mayans came first and settled in now what is called
Mexico. Thereafter came the Olmecs who settled in Mexico as well. These groups were
widespread and prosperous even though they didn’t build any major cities like any other groups.
Starting around 2600 BCE, the Mayans are considered the first to have settled and became the
Mesoamerican civilization and lasted in this region the largest than other groups. They are viewed
as the greatest civilization of the Mesoamerican since they built most cities between 250 and 900
CE (Vickery & Hunter, 2016).
The Mayans are also said to have adopted most of their culture to the then younger
civilization, the Olmec. This is the time they also rose to greatness in later years; thus the Olmecs
play a very important role in the Mayan greatness. Most parts of present-day Guatemala, El
Salvador, Belize, Mexico, and Honduras accommodated the Mayans; their pr...
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