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| 1. Cultural Survival Today: Go to the Survival International website at http://www.survival-international.org. Read two or three of the latest news articles, and use them to answer the questions below.
What kinds of groups are discussed in the articles you read? Where are these societies located? What threats to their cultural survival are discussed? Are there commonalities in the threats to different cultural groups you have read about? What recommendations would you make to help ensure the survival of these groups? 2. Martin Frobisher and the New World: Go to the Canadian Museum of Civilization's website entitled Inuit and Englishmen: The Nunavut Voyages of Martin Frobisher at http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/frobisher/frint01e.shtml and read all of the pages. Who are the Inuit? What was their life like before Europeans arrived? Who was Martin Frobisher? Why did he undertake the voyages to Nunavut? What did he hope to find? What were the initial encounters between the English and the Inuit like? Were they friendly? Were they hostile? What kinds of things did the English leave behind? What did they build? What did they take? What is the significance of what they took and what they left behind? How did these early encounters shape the later history of the Inuit? How typical is this case as an example of European colonization around the world? |