This past class was very eye opening for me personally. I can certainly say that I have learned on more than one occasion about the Native Americans and their culture or the their history. Though I can say I have been taught about them, overall this is a group of people that I feel there is so much more I should know about. It makes me wonder, especially in the country in which this group created their society and culture, why was I not taught more about them? Another class I am taking this semester is Social Studies methods in which we learn what is taught and how to teach social studies. Recently while reading one of the books for that class it broke down what grade level learns what in the realm of social studies. The Native Americans is one of the first things taught in the younger grades but once that is accomplished, as students get older they learn less and less about this interesting group of people. Which brings me back to the question, why is it that the Native Americans are talked about so little? I feel that this is something that students should be well aware of throughout their educational journey.
Class was very informational for me and I am glad that we got to dive in deeper with the two presentations that were givent towards the end. These were two subjects that I had never heard about before then. Both topics were extremely interesting and eye opening towards issues that were more current then the colonial times.
Mary Daloia
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