Discussion 1

Read Chapter 16 and the information provided regarding the Accounts of the Wounded Knee Massacre. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following:

According to Black Elk, what atrocities took place at Wounded Knee? How did President Harrison describe these atrocities?

Whom did Black Elk blame for the Wounded Knee Massacre? Whom did Harrison blame?

According to President Harrison, what was the future of Native Americans? How did Black Elk’s vision of the future compare to Harrison’s vision?

Relate this atrocity to the history of Native Americans in the late 19th century.

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Discussion 2

Read Chapters 17 and 18 and the reading, If I Were a Man by Charlotte Perkins Gillman. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following:

What things most surprised Mollie-as-Gerald?

What point was Gilman making in this story?

What did she identify as the gender inequalities of the day?

Do the stereotypes concerning women that Gilman illustrates in this piece exist today? If so, provide an example.

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Discussion 3

Read Chapter 19 and the reading, Happiness in Marriage by Margaret Sanger. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following:

What changes did Sanger describe in married relations in recent generations?

What changes did Sanger hope would come about if unplanned pregnancies could be prevented?

Do debates concerning birth control and unplanned pregnancies still occur in the United States?

Are Sanger’s points still relevant? How?

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