Justin Egbert

10/24/2016

Blog #6

            The Indian Assimilation that took place in The United States spanning from the late 1700s all the way through the mid 1900s. The forceful blend of cultures and the brutal teaching methods of these so called “teachers” left a mark on our nation and left us with a deep dark controversial topic. Over the years the forceful, bad apple, tactics have faded with the times and our school system is more welcoming, enjoyable, and more culturally aware. School should be a place students want to go instead of dreed and fear every step into the building. The past shows that there was a lot of negative processes in schools in the past, but the real question is what are we doing now to be more culturally aware and respectful.

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The Indian Assimilation

-What was this time in history

-What was trying to be accomplished

-Where were the schools, local and non-local,

-What was or wasn’t accomplished

-The affect

-Curriculum

Schools Today

-What are our programs having to do with culture respect and awareness

-Native language in the classroom

-Embracing cultural difference.

-Teaching tactics

Compare and contrast

-teaching tactics

-cultural awareness in classrooms

-steps taken to assure cultural awareness

            What I am hoping to gain from this paper, is to prove that our teaching system and our curriculum has takin steps to be more culturally aware then in the past. What I am also thinking about incorporating into this paper is that there may have been just a spike this kind of racism but before and after that spike we were and are culturally embracing individuals. For instance, the fur traders of the old west had to talk to native tribes to gain permission to hunt lands. It was a matter of survival. Now I our time we are trying to break the chains of culture discrepancies and have everyone respect and also be aware of cultures. Living in a small I never saw that much of a cultural difference due to the fact that we were mostly white with a good portion of Native, African, and Mexican Americans. We all got along because we all grew up with each other and knew one another from grammar school. We all were taught and given the same chance as everybody else. There was no force blends for those of us that were not white. As a teacher, I will hold a professional standard for all my students along with providing a fun enjoyable environment for all.