Perspectives+on+American+History

= Characters of American History: PERSPECTIVES = =Our essential questions:=

**Who helped shape America? Whose stories make up "American history"?**
-- How did they arrive here? -- WHERE were they from? -- What were they like? What were their religious beliefs, political beliefs, social beliefs? -- What were their motivations? Their goals? -- What were similarities between groups? Differences? -- How did various groups interact with each other?

-- How have particular groups been affected by five centuries of American history? How are those groups living today? -- Which of the groups that helped shape America are left out of "traditional" tellings of American history? -- How do historians KNOW these things? Why/how is what historians know changing?

-- How can we, as historians, develop a method to monitor each group at each juncture of history we study this year?

=Our Explorations of Various Perspectives on American History =

In order to understand American history from a variety of perspectives, students chose perspectives to study individually or in pairs. Click on the group names below to see our brief "histories" of these perspectives:

Tlingit, by Nakiya Lundy, James Johnnie, Megan Johnson, and Michael Sharclane Tlingit* by Elijah Marks and Toni Sharclane Spanish, by Jasper MacNaughton and Hary Elizarde Spanish* by Torie Fogg and Emily Keithan English, by Mackenzie Parker and Ravyn Williams Pueblo French, by Reece Milks and Shane Moller  French* by Cody Monette @African slaves, by Bekka Ord and Naomi Moritz  African slaves* by Kordell Searles and Jack Garrard Cherokee, by Shawn Stearns and Justine Soriano  Cherokee* by Danielle Loob Germans Lakota (Sioux) Powhatan, by Caitlyn Taboada and Kendall Roberts Japanese, by Daria Ostman Japanese* by Nadja Hotch Filipinos, by Brita Fagerstrom and Jollene Chup  Filipinos* by Kalino Iha Iroquois, by Ms. Brooks Chinese, by Marielle Mendoza and Teresa Cunan Chinese* by Patrick DeMent  Chinese** by Tommy Quiere Irish, by Duncan O'Brien and Gunnar Schultz  Irish* by Joe Greenough and Ethan Seid Russians, by Stephen Mell Russians* by Dalton Wells Inupiaq, by Leonard Schenck and Isaiah John Hawaiians, by Isabelle Watts and Abbie Maloney  Hawaiians* by Aurora Bodine and Sierra Helmers Norwegians, by Katherine Coleman Shawnee, by Colin McClung Dutch, by Zach Easton and Dakota Scranton Aztec, by Manni Guillen and Trenton Simonson @EXAMPLE FORMAT

Everyone -- yes, EVERYONE -- in the United States is an IMMIGRANT.
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