Tasks and activities

Some facts about the Native Americans

1.) About 50% of the Native Indian population lives on federal reservations. The majority of the reservations are situated west of the Mississippi River, and the Indians continue to live there to maintain their traditions

2.) Some of the social challenges the Native Americans face are unemployment, poverty, alcoholism and drug abuse. High rates of diabetes and heart disease are also a concern. Some of the possible causes of this is that since they live in reservations they are “cut off” from the rest of the world, one of the reasons for their high alcohol problem is that many of them have had a rough childhood, neither does it help that Native Americans have a very low tolerance for alcohol.

3.) Limitations on tribal powers of self-government include the same limitations applicable to states; for example, neither tribes nor states have the power to make war, engage in foreign relations, or coin money (this includes paper currency).

4.) Native Americans rights point out that the US Federal Government's claim to recognize the "sovereignty" of Native American peoples falls short.

5.) The BIA states that its responsibility when it comes to Indian lands, is for the “administration and management of 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km2) of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaskan Natives.”

Tasks :)

These are the tasks we were asked to do!

Checkpoints page 317

1.) The aborigines originally cam from Asia a long time ago.

2.) One of the main reasons the aboriginal population was halved when the Europeans came was because they brought with them unknown diseases such as smallpox.

3.) About 100 000 aboriginal children were believed to be taken away from their home and family, these are referred to as the stolen generation.



"Research and discover 1" page 317

1.) The Aboriginal Australians lived with a strong dependence with the land, and the water. The path of Australian Aboriginal history changed radically after the 18th- and 19th-century settlement of Britain. They were forced to submit to European rule. Their current situation is in many ways appalling and perilous. The Aborigines don’t get much attention outside Australia either, making them somehow forgotten. What is so unique about their culture is that they can claim to be the oldest continuous living culture in all of history. The hallmark of Aboriginal culture is 'oneness with nature'. This means that they live purely of what the nature has to offer.

2.) Mini presentation of a famous aboriginal, David Unaipon: David Unaipon is featured on the front of Australia’s 50-dollar note, along with drawings from one of his inventions, and an extract from the original manuscript of his book Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines. He was a preacher, writer and inventor. One of his known ideas/patents was a helicopter design shaped based on the principle of a boomerang.

"Research and discover 2" page 317

1.) The Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages at some time between 1250 and 1300 CE. Today only around 10% of the New Zealand population are Maori, however it is slowly growing.

2.) Australia and New Zealand are both home to indigenous tribes that have struggled for years to retain their culture and people. Both the Aboriginals of Australia and the Maori of New Zealand share an unfortunate history of colonization. However, their cultural sides, from the origin to their language, are vastly different.

3.) One of the reasons why I think these two groups have had quite different experiences are that the aboriginals of Australia settled way earlier than the Maoris (even earlier than 10 000BC) and the Maori settled as late as the 12^th and 13^th century.

Tasks?

Task 1

30 minutes.

Words that are easily confused;

Some words are more difficult to spell than others, as their pronunciation is similar to the pronunciation of another word.

then, than

which, witch

through, threw

there, their, and they`re

to, too, two

lose, loose

Learn these words.

Which/Witch

Witch

Then/Than

Threw/Through

to, too, two

Lose, Loose

Task 2

 20 minutes

Capital letters

Capital letters are more frequently used in English than in Norwegian. Here is a list of English words which start with capital letters:

1-In titles of books, poems, films and short stories all the important words start with capital letters; “ The Road Not Taken” , “The Mayor of Casterbridge”, “ A Day`s Wait”.

2-Languages and nationalities are spelt with capital letters: He is Norwegian and he speaks Spanish.

3-Names of weekdays, months and holidays need a capital letter: Thursday, January, Thanksgiving, Boxing Day.

4-Historic periods or historic events: the Renaissance, the Great War.

5-Buildings; the White House, Buckingham Palace

6-Political parties; the Conservatives, the Democrats

7-The names of religions: Protestantism, Buddhism

8-Titles: Mr. Anderson, Queen Elisabeth II

WRITE

Write a text about an imaginary person where you make use of as many capitalized words as possible. You can for example talk about where he or she comes from, day and month of birth, language, religion and political sympathies. Be creative and try to include all eight categories.

Mr Mosely is a good friend of mine. He is a Buddhist currently living in New York City, he is a very well known text writer, mostly known for wide use of different languages such as Spanish, German and so on.

Mr Mosely is also an active member of the Democrats party. On Mondays he teaches History class at a school, where he often ends up talking about either the Kremlin or another great architectural piece of work. If you show up at his doorstep you can often see him through the window reading Lord of the Rings or other good fantasy trilogies.