Native American-European Contact in the Colonial Period

Essential Questions

• How has social disagreement and collaboration been beneficial to Pennsylvania society?
• What role does analysis have in historical construction?

Concepts

• Textual evidence, material artifacts, the built environment, and historic sites are central to understanding the history of Pennsylvania.
• Conflict and cooperation among social groups, organizations, and nation-states are critical to comprehending society in the Pennsylvania. Domestic instability, ethnic and racial relations, labor relation, immigration, and wars and revolutions are examples of social disagreement and collaboration.
• Artists often address social issues or concerns in their artwork.
• People use analytic processes to understand and evaluate works of art.

Competencies

• Summarize how conflict and compromise in Pennsylvania history impact contemporary society. 
• Analyze and interpret the work of a contemporary artist who addresses social issues or concerns.

Background Material for Teacher

• Christine Leigh Heyrman. "Native American Religion in Early America." TeacherServe, National Humanities Center.
• Jane T. Merritt, "Quakers and the Language of Indian Diplomacy," in At the Crossroads: Indians and Empires on a Mid-Atlantic Frontier, 1700-1763. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2003: 210-218. Used with permission of the publisher.
• Lois Scozzari. The significance of wampum to seventeenth century Indians in New England. Originally published in The Connecticut Review.
• Karim M. Tiro, "Introduction to Words and Deeds: Native, Europeans, and Writing in Eastern North America, 1500-1850." Rosenbach Museum & Library Exhibition, November 25, 1997 - March 8, 1998.
• Barre Toelken, "Cultural Worldview." Dynamics of Folklore (revised and expanded edition), Logan: Utah State University Press, 1996. 

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