Presentation #3

Group 3 did their presentation today on chapter 6 which is Education in the
United States and It's Historical Roots. I think the presentation was informative, and gave a good history lesson on education in the U.S. After the presentation the professor expanded on the topic of assimilation involving the American Indians. We watched a short video on how American Indians were forced to go to schools run by white teachers that tried to force the population to conform to the "civilized" way of life. The whites made the American Indians dress like them and talk like them, in an attempt to take away their own cultural identity. In the end it didn't work, the damage was already done, many American Indian lives were already ruined. The American Indians started their own schools and kept what culture they could alive.