Zoya's SAS Blog

1. Land Disputes   a.  Senators-They should sell the land for the good of America and for the wealth of the land.   b. Apache- This is holy land and they don't want to mess up the land. It has a cultural value and belongs to the NA's legally. 2.  Artifact Return   a. Archeologists- They think they shouldn't give back the artifacts because then they won't be able to study the past of the Natives. If they give them back they won't be able to study them.   b. Natives- Some have very significant value to the tribe and 4. Native Hawaiian Government Recognition   a.  For- The benefits about being recognized have great health care. IF they are not recognized then as they live in Poverty and are more susceptible to diseases then it's much easier to develop diabetes and heart conditions. Along with this they can get good schooling.   b.  Against- They should be left alone because the Government wants to overthrow them. They have been wa...

  Open Your Hearts The First Few Days Author  Bartolome De Las Casas - Dominican Catholic Priest   Christopher Columbus - Spaniard sailor that discovered  Purpose  Draw attention to the issues about the Native Americans and the struggles people went through when they tried to show that.   To inform and tell people or historians about what happened in his first few days in America. View of Native Americans They are innocent and have done nothing wrong but have been wronged by the spaniards themselves.   They had gold, did not have power, could be slaves and converted to Christianity easily.  Encomienda - Spanish system where the spanish would go to the New world and make a spanish plantation where they would force Native Americans to work as slaves. 

Reliability - trustworthy, valid, able to find again Biased - preference toward, information in favor of or against (all sources are biased) Background Knowledge - Vague knowledge of a topic Inference - Infer, taking information you know and make a reason judgement Sources That Conflict - When two sources tell different sides of each stories, different perspectives Dave Dave Granlund – Editorial Cartoons and Illustrations » Melania Trump and plagiarism In this editorial cartoon the illustrator illustrates that Melania Trump's speech was extremely plagiarised.  She took lines from Michelle Obama's speech and Dave Granlund is showing this by having her hold a book on Plagiarism and her quoting Abraham Lincoln's "four score and seven years ago," and JFK's "Ask not what your country can do for you." This is  biased  against her by showing how her speech writers ripped off others to make her speech. You can use the  background knowledge  ...

1. I really like to swim. 2. I think I'm kinda/pretty awesome at swimming. 3. I find that the most challenging sport or activity for me is any land sport. 4. I prefer individual sports unless it is a relay. 5. This year in P.E. I would really like to achieve some form of skill in another sport. GOALS I want to improve my backstroke time by 30 seconds during the swimming unit by practicing and working hard in the pool because I really want to be better at swimming.

My name is Zoya and I'm a first generation 13 year old Pakistani-American. I live with my mom my dad and my little sister Zara who is in the 6th grade.  I really love to read to the point where sometimes I get into trouble. *sheepish grin* History is one of my favorite things. Learning about the past written by the victors then looking at it the other way around seems so cool to me.  I really wish that one day I could go back in time and see what all the history that I learn about was actually like. Maybe that's why I like Doctor Who so much... all that time travel really boggles the brain. Funny History Quotes. QuotesGram "Funny History Quotes. Quotesgram". Quotesgram.com . N. p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2016.