Exploration Narratives

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Exploration Narratives
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Narrative Accounts

• Tell the story of real-life events.
• LITERARY HISTORICAL!

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Historians and Researchers

• Use narrative accounts as PRIMARY SOURCES
• Firsthand accounts they lived through it
• Reflect a personal slant
• Often biased one sided perspective
• SECONDARY SOURCES
• Secondhand account researched the experience
• Lose immediacy/accuracy

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Types of Narratives

• Journals/Diaries
• Letters
• Original Documents

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Bias

• an inclination of temperament or outlook
  especially a personal and sometimes unreasoned
  judgment prejudice
• How are narratives biased?
• How are the different/similar than myths?

Is a source valid if it is also biased?
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Explorers can be seen in different ways

• Heroes (Positive)

• Villains (Negative)

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Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

• A Journey Through Texas exploration narrative
• Second in command during the journey through FL
• Shipwrecked and Cabeza de Vaca and a crew of
  about 60 men survivedGalveston, TX.
• 15 lived through the winter
• 3 survived to the end (18 months of wandering)
• Journey sparked exploration of Texas.
• Always encouraged others to explore America

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Reading Questions Understanding A Journey
through Texas

• Opinion Why does Cabeza de Vaca include such
  detail about the conversation with the Indians in
  his narrative?
• Why do the Indians fear going to the village
  Cabeza de Vaca and his comrades wanted to visit?
• What prevents some of the expedition group from
  completing the planned trip?
• What are some specific details about the region
  that the writer provides on page 45?

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Recognizing signal words/transitions
Passage Signal Words Purpose
1. On that same day many fell sick, and on the next day eight of them died. On that same day On the next day Indicates a time shift
2. We called them of the cows, because most of the cows die near there. Because Indicates a reason for something happening
3. What from the top seemed easy was, on the contrary, rough and difficult. On the contrary Indicates a contrastcompares 2 or more things.
4. They entreated us not to be angry any longer, because, even if it was their death, they would take us where we chose.
5. The next morning all those who were strong enough came along, and at the end of three journeys we halted.
6. The people who heard of our approach did not come out to meet us, but we found them at their homes.
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Christopher Columbus

• Originally from Genoa, Italy
• Explored from a young age with bigger dreams
• Petitioned Portugal and was turned down
• Petitioned SpainKing Ferdinand and Queen
  Isabella accepted and off he went in 1492

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Authors PurposeWhy write this Journal of the
first Voyage to America?

• Tone What details convey Columbus's attitude
  toward the tropical island?
• Lofty, flourishing trees, wonderfully delicious
  odor, exquisitemelody of the birds what is his
  attitude?

Descriptions Purpose
I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach (60).
A thousand different sorts of trees, with their fruit were to be met with, and wonderfully delicious odor (61).
I discovered also the aloe tree, and am determined to take on board the ship tomorrow, ten quintals of it, as I am told it is valuable (61).
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Based on the readings

• Would you say the explorers are heroes or
  villains? Explain your response using at least
  one specific quote from the text. Put the
  citation in MLA at the end of your quote.
  (Authors last name page).

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Why is bias dangerous?

• Stereotyping
• Historical record fallacy

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How do internal/external influences force
cultural evolution?
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Blogging!
You have been given a current event. Respond to
this current event on your blog page. Purpose
to create a social forum to discuss your issue
and your opinion of this event. Try to be
objective in your blogbut remember it is YOUR
opinion so support it with facts.
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Pass your blog

• Pass blog to the person sitting beside you.
• Read and respond to the blog using your own
  opinion of their assessment of the current event.
  Use your own knowledge of the event as well as
  the information provided in the blog.

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Satire fighting the force of change with a call
to change

• A form of social protest.
• Fact or opinion? Explain.
• Satire Videosfill out definitions in packet

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Dora The Conquistador

• Parody of
• Irony
• Sarcasm
• Ridicule
• Exaggeration

Victim of "Dora the Conquistador" Doll
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• Look over the satirical cartoons. For each one
• Identify the issue it is PROTESTING.
• Identify the devices it uses (irony, sarcasm,
  exaggeration, ridicule, parody).
• Decided if it is effective (yes/no) and explain
  why.