Fast Facts Inquiry Research: Native American Food

Native American's had a different diet according to where they were and what environment was around them. The main foods they mostly ate that was most commonly found was deer meat, corn, greens, berries, squash and wild rice.

Corn was a huge part in Native American culture they used different types of corn such as harinilla and/ or blue corn meal. Harinilla could be made into flour and other starches, and out of the flour they could make tortillas.The meats they also ate was a variety also. The meats include deer, buffalo, prairie dog, pork, mutton, rabbits, and lamb.

Eastern Native American most popular food was called the Three sisters. The Three sisters included corn, beans, and squash. These were domestic crops they planted. The other domestic crops they had were sunflower, maygrass, little barley, and sumpweed/ marsh elder. Southeastern Native Americans foods was similar to the Eastern Native Americans but different. They formed the starting block that "real" southern food is based on. The corn helped make cornbread, grits, and also liquors and whiskey which were important trading items. The native americans also introduced to non-Native american southerners to squash, pumpkin, different types of beans, tomatoes, and many types of peppers. Northwestern Native American tribes food was more different than from the Southeastern and Eastern tribes. Their food consist of salmon, and other types of fish, berries, mushrooms, deer, duck, and rabbit.

All the Native Americans from different areas had unique but the same food supple. They all had some type of corn, deer meat, and berries. Each area they were in had different types of food and climates, so the Native American had to adapt and farm their land.

Film Essay

Victoria Spera

Film Essay

          Movies are a great way to explain and understand history. In America no one wants to create a film about slavery because nobody in America really wants to talk about that, but in recent year there have been producing more Civil War movies that have been sharing a historical light on the truth of slavery. The movie Glory and 12 Years a Slave are wonderful movies that are mostly historically accurate that represent the Civil War and slavery.

            Glory is a great movie. The main characters in this movie were real, such as Shaw. Other character, some people in the regiment, are fictional characters. The movie Glory is a wonderful movie to show in classroom environment. In Reelviews they said this movie went to a big effort to get the details correct. They wanted it to be as historically accurate as possible, the director got civil war re-enactors to preform the battles, with the actors from the movie. Reelviews highly praised this movie to make a great movie to discuss in the classroom because the historical setting is mostly accurate. In the Ashbrook review on Glory pointed out some of the inaccuracies. Ashbrook said that when attacking Fort Wagener the filmmakers portrayed that the 54^th regiment was fighting north to south, when in fact they fought south to north.  Even though there is a couple of inaccuracy in the movie there is still accurate film and it really gives the viewers the insight to what life was like back then for the first black regiment. I think this would be a great movie to show the class because it show the start of a “new” era because the 54^th regiment was the first black regiment and after them more black regiment started to pop up.

            Another movie that got praise from many critics and won many awards is 12 Years a Slave. This movie was based on a book about a man named Soleman that got kidnapped and forced into slavery. The movie is very brutal and shows us the actuality of slavery. American Historical Association said it had more of a “hellish view” on slavery than what happened in the book. Many other critics, reported to BBC Culture, they liked the movie it’s was very historically accurate. The critics also say that 12 Years a Slave show the reality of slavery to America. BBC article says “… British filmmaker Steve McQueen is about to bring Americans what many view as the most realistic and bold portrayal of slavery ever seen…” I think its good to see the “realistic” side of slavery it opens up the American peoples’ eyes to what actually happened in are past. Even though what happened was awful. I think its important that Americans are well aware on what really happened.    

            Many people may have a problem with what both movies are rated. They are both rated “R”. Sunsentinel tells us that some people don’t like their kids seeing an “R” rated movie, but in my opinion it has to be rate “R” because it does show the reality and violence of slavery.

             I think these to movies would be a great way help teach about the Civil War and slavery because it might be violent and brutal both movies are mostly a historically accurate representation of either life as a slave or how black were treated slave or not. Both movies were highly praised and many critics that both movies would be a great way to help discussion in the classroom or help teach and explain the times back the.

                                                          12 Years a Slave

Sources:

Ashbrook

BBC Culture

Reelviews

American Historical Association

Sunsentinel

Paraphrasing Practice

This quote is from Reelviews about Glory 1989 "The historical backdrop against which Glory transpires is mostly historically accurate. In fact, a great deal of effort went into getting the details correct. The main events shown in the film happened much as they are depicted, some of the key characters (Shaw, Frederick Douglas, etc.) existed, and the outcome was as Zwick presents it." 

My paraphrase:

In the movie Glory the director, Zwick, and the film makers did a amazing job about making mostly historically accurate. The main characters such as Shaw, and Frederick Douglas actually existed in the time this movie was to be set in. The main events in the movie were represented like how they happened in the Civil War. The film maker, Zwick, put in a lot of effort to getting the historical details correct.

The movie Glory is a rated "R" film, but is mostly historical accurate and represented wonderfully. A film critic said "the historical importance of the film made it a natural fit to be shown in school history classes."  

I've learned today that in this process of paraphrasing is that you have to write it kinda like you're telling a little kid and thats hard because the person that has written the quote used the best words that do a good job of getting the point across. When quoting you just have to make sure you introduce it well, you can't just plop it in a paragraph.

This is what Mrs. Lawson wanted me to learn today:

• Only use a quote when it adds power and style to my writing
• always make it clear, from context, that I understand the full meaning of the quote
• Whether i quote or paraphrase, always be transparent about the source and how i'm using it
• If I use another author's exact words or phrase, to any extent, I have to use quotation makes and give credit
• If I use another's presentation of facts or ideas, but put their ideas in my own words, I better have a good reason for doing that, and I MUST give credit
• Hyperlinking is so easy, there is no excuse for not being transparent about my sources

I do understand

Empathy and Sympathy

Empathy is different from sympathy. Empathy is understanding of what another person is going through, good or bad. Sympathy is where you have been in the other person's shoes and know what they are going though. In the packet we read in class, a group of people did a study about having "blind obedience to authority... to the point of overriding their inner morals" about hurting innocent people. Like when the Nazi's were hurting the Jews. Even though I don't agree with what the Nazi's were doing, I do understand how they could hurt "helpless" people because they were "blinded" by their authority and trusted them. Being able to empathize helps to learn and study history because you can understand they did this because it was different times than today.

empathy