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AMERICAN STUDIES 1041 - FRONTIER HERITAGE

STUDY GUIDE SPIRIT OF THE BORDER


This study guide is it is designed to help you prepare for a discussion leading to posting a response to this novel. You should follow the outline below and use the other students in this class to help you think about and write a post that will earn bonus points.

1. (5 minutes) Write a question that you think would produce an interesting discussion about Spirit of the Border. Think about the portraits of Native Americans and the settlers that emerge in the novel and relate them to the views expressed by Turner in "The Significance of the Frontier in American History". Think about the account of the encounter between the Christianized Native Americans and the Europeans that is presented on the Moravian Massacre web site.




2. (5 minutes) Write one sentence explaining why you think your question would help us to understand what "Spirit of the Border" reveals about the world around us.




3. (30 minutes) Introduce yourself to the students in your group and share your questions and explanations with the rest of the group. Spend a bit of time talking with each other about each of the questions to see where they lead you.

4. (15 minutes) Select a question (or questions) you would like to have the instructor discuss that you think might produce a good discussion and interesting commentaries. Then discuss that question with each other. You should make a few notes on a separate sheet about what you say to each other.

5. (5 minutes) Report your groups question(s) to the rest of the class. Turn in this sheet with your groups question(s) and the names of the rest of your group written in the spaces provided.

OUR QUESTION IS:




The members of group #_____ were:

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