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Discuss the Indian Boarding School experience, drawing from the primary sources and/or the documentary. Respond to one or more of the following questions:
1) ? What do Zitkala-Sa's and Luther Standing Bear's accounts reveal about the differences between the values promoted in the schools and the values of the Native American culture? How did each respond to and/or cope with these differences? Discuss both accounts and provide specific examples from each account.
2) ?How do the school rules define what it means to be "civilized"? ?Consider both what they explicitly state and the underlying implicit values. What values, traits, and behaviors do these rules promote? Discuss at least three school rules, citing specific examples.
3) ?Select three primary sources (items created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) ?from the American Indian Boarding Schools Primary Source Set and/or additional resources provided (DPLA). ?For each source, discuss: (1) ?What does the source reveal about the Indian boarding school experience? (2) ?What additional information about the Indian boarding schools would you like to know that the source does not address? (Or what questions are left unanswered by the source?)
4) ?After watching "In the White Man's Image," provide three questions that you have about the Indian boarding school experience. What additional information about the Indian boarding schools would you like to know that the documentary does not address?