I canât exactly make it âbased on what you learned from the lessonâ or the images and responses from part A. However, disregarding that part, here are some possible perspectives you could explain (choose 3 which relate to the stuff youâve learned) :)
- âWhile perspectives of every situation can be different, the native americanâs perspective was extremely different than the european explorerâs when it comes to the âdiscoveryâ of America. While natives had lived in America pretty much forever, Europeans exploring saw the Americaâs as brand-new land, unexplored and uncovered- full of hidden treasures. For example, explorers saw the expanse of land as undiscovered, since much of it wasnât âurbanizedâ or turned into settlement. However the natives saw that land as old, discovered long ago, since they used much of it for hunting and even memorized certain landscapes and stars to get across America.â
- âThe Native American perspective of land and sacredness is far different from the europeanâs. While European explorers saw the land as something that needed to be âfixedâ into towns, houses, buildings and roads in order to be useful, the natives saw it as useful in many ways: hunting and gathering grounds, ceremonial places, and more. To the natives, land was sacred; religious and tied to their ancestors. To the Europeans, land was simply space to put more things.â
- âThe native americans saw the earth and its resources as something to be respected, with one of their main ârulesââ alongside their type of government, currency/trading system, and religionâ the earth was considered very important and it was a basic knowledge to every native that the earth should be revered and cared for. The Europeans saw the earth differently, believing it to be theirs to take, reshape and build, even if it means sacrificing how the land once was. This can be proven by comparing settlements and living spaces of the European explorers versus the natives; while natives incorporated their living space into nature, Europeans took nature and moved it to make space and resources for an entirely new creation of their own. Natives respected nature and saw it as something to care for with utmost respect; Europeans saw that nature as a resource and valuable place for them to grow and learn.â
- âMany items and resources had different values to natives and Europeans. Native Americans, for example, saw corn as something holy in many placesâ while Europeans didnât really even know what corn was. Different metals which were seen as ultra valuable to Europeans were much less important to native Americans. Different foods and animals were also seen differently.â
- âWhen it comes to the Europeans settling in the americas for the first time, natives and Europeans saw this very differently. Europeans believed they were simply taking advantage of unused lands, making a home for themselves, and teaching natives there âthe rightâ (AKA their own) ways of life. To natives, however, European settlements became for many the sign of foreigners taking over sacred places, stealing their land, killing their people and forcing them to obey strangersâ rules.â
- âViews on religion were different to native Americans and European explorers. While nativesâ religions often had very close ties to nature, animals and plants, and the sky (sun, moon, stars, etc.), the European explorerâs religionâ which was mostly Christianâ saw religion as centered around one main god, someone otherworldly, and the human race, rather than nature.â
- âPerspectives on âadvancements in societyâ were different for native Americans and European explorers. While the Europeans focused on technology such as guns or other metal-utilizing resources; specific school-structured studies; things relating to their culture (horses and horseback riding, which were nonexistent in native culture) such as certain religious methods; and more, Native Americans focused on nature; ancient methods of agriculture, food(s), and taking care of the world around them while also thriving in it; certain religious things such as ceremonies; oneâs connection to the world and hunting prowess; and more. Differences in how one is perceived as âintelligentâ between these two peoples (natives and Europeans) caused much conflict between the two.â
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