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Who do you believe? Comparing Perspectives about the Bear River Massacre. Chapter 9: Settlements, Transportation, and Mining. Bell Activity. No gum in class. Throw it in the garbage before class begins!. Your words are “ruthless” & “skirmish”
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Who do you believe?Comparing Perspectives about the Bear River Massacre Chapter 9: Settlements, Transportation, and Mining
Bell Activity No gum in class. Throw it in the garbage before class begins! • Your words are “ruthless” & “skirmish” • Find the words on your blue study guide and complete the following information for the word. • Find the definition using a glossary. • Use your own knowledge and experience to complete the rest of the definition. • Where should your backpack be?
Imagine this Scenario • You come upon two students fighting in the hallway. They are surrounded by a circle of classmates; some encouraging the combatants, the others looking afraid. • A teacher appears on the scene and breaks up the fight. How should the teacher determine what happened? • What if the teacher only listens to one of the student’s story, not the other’s side of the story? Is that fair and reasonable? • Later, a principal has to determine the combatants’ fate. How does the principal, who didn’t even see the fight, figure out what to do with them?
History Objective – We will compare and contrast primary sources about the Battle of Bear River/Bear River Massacre to learn about this event. Behavior Objective – Courtesy & Respect: We will discuss our ideas and listen to others respectfully. Language Objective - We will read the sources and discuss them with a small group, then compare the source with another perspective of the event. Today we will learn…
Primary vs. Secondary? • Primary Source • A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. • These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. • Examples • Some types of primary sources include: ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records • CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art • RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings
Primary vs. Secondary? • Secondary Source • A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. • Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. • Examples • Some types of secondary sources include: PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias • Examples of secondary sources include: A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings • A history textbook • A book about the effects ofWWI
Background Facts • In the last chapter we learned that there was conflict between the settlers and the Native Americans in the Salt Lake area. • As more settlements spread into northern Utah, what do you think will happen?
Where did it happen? • The Bear River Massacre/Battle took place just north of Preston here in Cache Valley.
People to Know Patrick Connor Chief Sagwitch
Instructions • With your group, read the primary document that you have been given. • Then answer the questions on the front side of the yellow paper on your own piece of paper.
Instructions • Now you will reorganize into a new group that has people representing both documents. • Each side should read their summary of what happened in the document, then the other side does the same with their summary.
Bear River, a continuing story • This monument was erected at the site of the Bear River event. • Each side tells a slightly different version of the story.
The First Marker… • This monument was erected in 1932 by the Franklin County Chapter of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and other local associations. • Whose side does this part of the monument take?
Yet another marker… • This was later added to another side of the monument. • How is it similar to the first plaque? • How is it different than the earlier one?
Changing Ideas… • This monument has a different tone than the first monument. • When do you think it was built?
Colonel Connor’s Account Gets Competition • For many years the only side of the Bear River story that people accepted was Colonel Connor’s and those that supported his version of events. • In the last thirty years, the Shoshone’s side of the story has begun to be recognized.
An addition to the original monument… • This sign was added to the original marker site. • How is different than the others? • Which perspective does it take of the incident?
A new monument for a new century. • As the Shoshone perspective of Bear River has gained acceptance among scholars • The tribe has begun to regain land at the sight of the massacre, they have created a new monument to give their side of what happened.
A Continuing Search for “What Really Happened”… • As historians continue to find more primary sources about the Bear River Massacre, history continues to adapt to these new perspectives.
