1. With your group you are going to talk about our large topic (Cultural Encounters and Frontiers) and how it can be tied to the three most recent readings we have done.

What MESSAGE ABOUT cultural encounters and frontiers do these three selections communicate? Not just that they show cultures encountering one another, but detail out a specific message about the encounters that they show.  Please use textual evidence in your argument.

Post your group’s answer as a comment and make sure all of your names are listed in the text of the reply.

Once your group has discussed the topic “Frontiers and Cultural Encounters” and tied these three authors to it (and written it with textual evidence as a reply to this), work on your own to answer this question.  (You will answer this on your blog)

2. Do you think any of these (de las Casas’, Columbus’, Red Cloud’s) accounts changed the audience? How? Why yes or no? If no, what could they have done to more affect their audience?

Aim for around a paragraph, making sure to answer all of the questions and connecting them to each author. This answer doesn’t have to have direct textual evidence, but paraphrasing could help you identify specific points where you think it was strong/could be stronger.