Weblog III

(Native Americans were also forced to use separate facilities than those used for the whites)


I felt that this teacher’s guideline did exactly what Zinn claimed many history lessons and texts do. In his book, Zinn mentioned that many texts often left out the perspective of the Native Americans. This guide did tell the truth of how the Native Americans lost their land and how they were segregated well into the twentieth century, but lacked the influence that Zinn’s text had. I think what made Zinn’s text so powerful was the thorough description of how the Native Americans were treated. For example the guide stated that the Europeans took their land, but described very little about how they did this. Zinn would have given you the extreme details, including how the Europeans waged war on the Natives, killing women and children and burned down the Natives’ villages. No matter how horrific it was, Zinn gave the real story. This paints a much more realistic picture of history for the reader, a more truthful story everyone has a right to hear.