Now that you have roleplayed either a Native American or a white settler in the Yosemite Valley KaMOO virtual world, answer either question 1 or question 2, and then answer both 3 and 4 after others have posted. For extra credit, try your hand at answering question 5 and question 6.
1. If you were a Native American, what kind of an impression did your experiences give you of the white settlers?
2. If you were a white settler, white kind of an impression did your experiences give you of the Native Americans?
3. Do you think your experiences were based on fact, or rumors? What makes you think that?
4. If the character you roleplayed could have experienced everything that all the Native Americans AND the white settlers experienced, how could this have changed your view of your "enemies"?
5. Google and read information from at least one site related to "Critical Thinking". Then post a comment about how the things you experienced in the Yosemite Valley Virtual World relate to critical thinking.
6. Pick one of these phrases and explain what you think it means. Then explain how this phrase relates to the idea of critical thinking:
A. "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
B. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." (For further thought, read the article at Constrain_Iran)
1 comment:
I roleplayed one of the Indians. Hearing how the white settlers treated the Indians and took advantage of them, I can see why the Indians tried to rise up against them. I also followed the story of some of the white settlers, such as James_Savage. I can also see how the miners thought they needed to stop the Indians from killing the whites. I thinnk critical thinking is trying to see things from other people's point of view, and not just your own.
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