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TAFTP Group C
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(Images by Tova, Vocabulary by Pin, Glossary by Kristi Kennison and Robbie, Questions by Tim)
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Moreover, the New England plagues exemplify a process which antedated the Pilgrims and endures to this day. In 1492, more than 3,000,000 Indians lived on the island of Haiti. Forty years later, fewer than 300 remained. The earliest Portuguese found that Labrador teemed with hospitable Indians who could easily be enslaved. It teems no more. In about 1780, smallpox reduced the Mandan's of North Dakota from nine villages to two; then in 1837, a second smallpox epidemic reduced them from 1600 persons to just 31. The pestilence continues; a fourth of the Yanomamos of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela died in the year prior to my writing this sentence.
Europeans were never able to "settle" in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, or most of Africa because too many people already lived there. Advantages in military and social technology would have enabled Europeans to dominate the Americas, as they eventually dominated China and Africa, but not to "settle" the New World. For that, the plague was required. Thus, except for the European (and African) invasion itself, the pestilence was surely the most important event in the history of America.
What do we learn of all this in the twelve histories I studied? Three offer some treatme nt of Indian disease as a factor in European colonization. LIFE AND LIBERTY does quite a good job. America Past and Present supplies a fine analysis of the general impact of Indian disease in American history, though it leaves out the plague at Plymouth. THE AMERICAN WAY is the only text to draw the appropriate geopolitical inference about the importance of the Plymouth outbreak, but it never discusses Indian plagues anywhere else. Unfortunately, the remaining nine books offer almost nothing. Two totally omit the subject. Each of the other seven furnishes only a fragment of a paragraph that does not even make it into the index, let alone into students' minds. 
Everyone knew all about the plague in colonial America. Even before the Mayflower sailed, King James of England gave thanks to "Almighty God in his great goodness and bounty towards us," for sending "this wonderful plague among the savages." Today it is no surprise that not one in a hundred of my college students has ever heard of the plague. Unless they read LIFE AND LIBERTY or PAST AND PRESENT, no student can come away from these books thinking of Indians as people who made an impact on North America, who lived here in considerable numbers, who settled, in short, and were then killed by disease or arms.
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Vocabulary:
Plague: a disease that infects and kills a lot of people.
Exemplify:show, represent.
Antedated: happen before,date before
Hospitable: a person that is friendly and welcome to the visitors.
Pestilence: a very dangerous disease that spreads quickly.
Geopolitical: an event that effects the whole world.
Inference: to make an opinion based on some facts.
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Questions:
How many times did the Small Pox Epidemic occur
between 1780 and 1840? 1
How many people died because of it? 2
Were Europeans ever settled in China or Japan?
Why? 2
Evaluate the author's argument that the plague was necessary for English settlement to be successful?
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Grader
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Requirements
Answer each question by placing the appropriate number next to the question:
4 = Yes, always! 3 = Yes, for the most part.
2 = Somewhat 1 = Not Quite 0 = N0!
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Feedback, Comments, Suggestions
This is the most important section. Please leave some constructive comments.
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Grade
Underline the grade you think the student deserves.
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| Briana Aylward |
Vocabulary
Effectiveness
- Are the definitions understandable? 4 4
- Do the definitions make sense in the context the term is being used?4 4
- Are the terms and definitions placed in the correct area of the page and are they easy to access?4 4
Choice
- Are all the difficult terms defined? 4 3
If not, then put these words in bold and place them in the vocab section.
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The vocabulary was defined very well and the definitions were easy to understand. All of the hard words were defined and it was a job well done.
A
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A = All of the requirements are met and the work is extremely well done.
B = All of the requirements are met and the work is well done.
C = All of the requirements are done and are acceptable or the work is well done but some of the requirements are missing,
D = Some of the requirements are missing and the work generally needs some improvement.
F = There is not enough work or the work is too poorly done.
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| Bethany Preedom, teto |
Glossary
Effectiveness
- Are the glossary pages informative?2,3,3
- Are the glossary pages brief and to the point (succinct)?0,1 Less than 250 words?1,2,4
- Do the glossary pages help you to understand the main reading?1,3 3. Do they relate directly to the main text?1,3, 3
- Are the glossary pages engaging (clear organization, use of media, etc)1,2, 3
Choice
- Are all the neccessary glossary terms linked to a glossary page?1,2, 4
If not, please change the text color of those terms that need an explanation to red.
Citations
- Is all information borrowed from other resources properly cited?1,2, 4
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America past and present is a book and not the movement of the continents. Also the others are there with pictures and information but they are not really to the point. The information was there but it was not straight to the point it was broad before specific. They are engaging but a little too much for a couple of them and they distract from the reading.
B+
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A = All of the requirements are met and the work is extremely well done.
B = All of the requirements are met and the work is well done.
C = All of the requirements are done and are acceptable or the work is well done but some of the requirements are missing,
D = Some of the requirements are missing and the work generally needs some improvement.
F = There is not enough work or the work is too poorly done. |
| Damienne Condict |
Questions
Effectiveness
- Is each question from a different level of Bloom's taxonomy? 1 2
- Is each question clearly labeled with the level type?0 2
- Are the questions clear and easy to understand?3 3
Choice
- Do the questions require the reader to understand the most important information in the text?2 1
If not, then what question(s) would you ask? |
They aren't from different levels and it doesn't show what the levels are at all. But the questions are clear and easy to understand. The questions don't seem to be about the most important information of the text.
C+
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A = All of the requirements are met and the work is extremely well done.
B = All of the requirements are met and the work is well done.
C = All of the requirements are done and are acceptable or the work is well done but some of the requirements are missing,
D = Some of the requirements are missing and the work generally needs some improvement.
F = There is not enough work or the work is too poorly done. |
| Bethany Preedom |
Images
Relevance & Choice
- Do your images relate, in a direct way, to the most important material in the text?3 3
- Are their an appropriate number of images?2 4 If too many, then which can we lose? If too few, then what do we need images of?
Effectiveness
- Do your images enhance the text and help the reader come to a deeper understanding of the text?2 3
- Are the images placed wisely and sized appropriately?1 Do they go with the flow of the text or do they interrupt the flow? 4
Citations
- Is all your information properly cited?1 2 Are all images hyperlinked to the URL address of the image?3
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The images are all related to the text but a few could be slightly moved. The images mostly help to support the text but the last one is small and barely legible. The number of the images if great. The images don't seem to be cited.
B+
Picture two was not linked to the webpage you got the image from.
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A = All of the requirements are met and the work is extremely well done.
B = All of the requirements are met and the work is well done.
C = All of the requirements are done and are acceptable or the work is well done but some of the requirements are missing,
D = Some of the requirements are missing and the work generally needs some improvement.
F = There is not enough work or the work is too poorly done. |
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Overall
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Overall it's pretty good but there are some things that should be changed, moved, or revised.
B+
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A = All of the requirements are met and the work is extremely well done.
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B = All of the requirements are met and the work is well done.
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C = All of the requirements are done and are acceptable or the work is well done but some of the requirements are missing,
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D = Some of the requirements are missing and the work generally needs some improvement.
F = There is not enough work or the work is too poorly done. |
TAFTP Group C
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Comments (1)
Briana said
at 10:54 am on Oct 21, 2008
Briana was HERE!
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