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Who do you believe? Comparing Perspectives about the Bear River Massacre

Who do you believe? Comparing Perspectives about the Bear River Massacre. Chapter 9: Settlements, Transportation, and Mining. Bell Activity. No gum in class. Throw it in the garbage before class begins!. Your words are “ruthless” & “skirmish”

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Who do you believe? Comparing Perspectives about the Bear River Massacre

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  1. Who do you believe?Comparing Perspectives about the Bear River Massacre Chapter 9: Settlements, Transportation, and Mining

  2. Bell Activity No gum in class. Throw it in the garbage before class begins! • Your words are “ruthless” & “skirmish” • Find the words on your blue study guide and complete the following information for the word. • Find the definition using a glossary. • Use your own knowledge and experience to complete the rest of the definition. • Where should your backpack be?

  3. Does your work look something like this?

  4. Does your work look something like this?

  5. Does your work look something like this?

  6. Does your work look something like this?

  7. Imagine this Scenario • You come upon two students fighting in the hallway. They are surrounded by a circle of classmates; some encouraging the combatants, the others looking afraid. • A teacher appears on the scene and breaks up the fight. How should the teacher determine what happened? • What if the teacher only listens to one of the student’s story, not the other’s side of the story? Is that fair and reasonable? • Later, a principal has to determine the combatants’ fate. How does the principal, who didn’t even see the fight, figure out what to do with them?

  8. History Objective – We will compare and contrast primary sources about the Battle of Bear River/Bear River Massacre to learn about this event. Behavior Objective – Courtesy & Respect: We will discuss our ideas and listen to others respectfully. Language Objective - We will read the sources and discuss them with a small group, then compare the source with another perspective of the event. Today we will learn…

  9. Primary vs. Secondary? • Primary Source • A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. • These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. • Examples • Some types of primary sources include: ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records  • CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art  • RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

  10. Primary vs. Secondary? • Secondary Source • A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. • Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them.   • Examples • Some types of secondary sources include: PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias  • Examples of secondary sources include: A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings  • A history textbook  • A book about the effects ofWWI

  11. Background Facts • In the last chapter we learned that there was conflict between the settlers and the Native Americans in the Salt Lake area. • As more settlements spread into northern Utah, what do you think will happen?

  12. Where did it happen? • The Bear River Massacre/Battle took place just north of Preston here in Cache Valley.

  13. People to Know Patrick Connor Chief Sagwitch

  14. Instructions • With your group, read the primary document that you have been given. • Then answer the questions on the front side of the yellow paper on your own piece of paper.

  15. Let’s read…and discuss!

  16. Instructions • Now you will reorganize into a new group that has people representing both documents. • Each side should read their summary of what happened in the document, then the other side does the same with their summary.

  17. Bear River, a continuing story • This monument was erected at the site of the Bear River event. • Each side tells a slightly different version of the story.

  18. The First Marker… • This monument was erected in 1932 by the Franklin County Chapter of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and other local associations. • Whose side does this part of the monument take?

  19. Yet another marker… • This was later added to another side of the monument. • How is it similar to the first plaque? • How is it different than the earlier one?

  20. Changing Ideas… • This monument has a different tone than the first monument. • When do you think it was built?

  21. Colonel Connor’s Account Gets Competition • For many years the only side of the Bear River story that people accepted was Colonel Connor’s and those that supported his version of events. • In the last thirty years, the Shoshone’s side of the story has begun to be recognized.

  22. An addition to the original monument… • This sign was added to the original marker site. • How is different than the others? • Which perspective does it take of the incident?

  23. A new monument for a new century. • As the Shoshone perspective of Bear River has gained acceptance among scholars • The tribe has begun to regain land at the sight of the massacre, they have created a new monument to give their side of what happened.

  24. A more complete story…

  25. A Continuing Search for “What Really Happened”… • As historians continue to find more primary sources about the Bear River Massacre, history continues to adapt to these new perspectives.

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