Topsannah

Most of our discussion, both in class and online, has focused on the fate of Cynthia. For this question, ponder the situation of Topsannah. Do you feel she would be better off if she returned home to her Commanche tribe or do you feel her white family would have better means for caring for her? [...]

Ryan, Miles, Sam, James & Declan–Question #4

Remember that the first three post deadline is this evening. By Sunday, I would like each of you to post at least two more times. You may choose to post to a new question or a previous one (James, Ryan and Miles, I responded to your comments in Question #2).
Today’s question: Explain what you [...]

American Frontier–American History Meets Literature–Question #3

For this post, I’d like to see you exchange knowledge about the American Frontier (or as James called it “Western expansion”). Then I would like you to evaluate the ways in which this knowledge is dealt with in our novel.
Here’s the process:
1. List three facts about the time period
2. You may not post [...]

Captivity Narratives–Question #2

The following link will take you to a website that is loaded with information on the topic of captivity novels. What I find interesting is the fact that “captivity narratives” as a genre is mostly attributed to North American settings during colonial times. In addition, the main characters are almost always female and [...]

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats Mega Challenge (60pt) Discussion

Choices! One of the best things you can do in life is create options for yourself. It is the reason CSS is so special. As a college preparatory school, CSS is providing you opportunities to place yourselves in the best possible positions to not only be admitted to college–but invited, recruited, scouted. The more universities [...]

Beginning Monday, Oct. 16th

Next week we will begin reading our first class novel, Where the Broken Heart Still Beats.  It is considered historical fiction because it is a fictional account of a real person–Cynthia Parker.  We will do some in-class discussion, in-class group reading, outside assigned reading and individual projects as we read this novel.
In addition, you will [...]

October 4th Homework

In the excitement of our MLA-opoly Research Hunt, you may have neglected to write down tonight’s homework. Please write one strong-verb paragraph on a topic of your choice. Be sure to underline all paragraph requirements: one compound, one complex, two $100 words, and one element of figurative language and/or mind-movie imagery. [...]

Website Citations

Hannah posed a good question in her last comment.  So everyone may benefit, I am posting the answer here.  Websites are the most tricky to cite because not every website you encounter will have the same information available.  The general rule is, for anything that you cannot find, you skip to the next element. Try [...]

For Monday, Oct. 2nd

Try using the Thompson Gale link located in our Blogroll (do not click on the Blogroll link located at the end of this comment–instead, scroll down and locate our own Blogroll on the left-hand side of the page).   Use the password I gave you in class and find two articles discussing early Native American [...]