"Encounter" by Jane Yolen- Cooperation and Conflict Activity

"Encounter" by Jane Yolen

Cooperation and Conflict Activity

Directions:

Read each quote from the book. Determine whether the quote is an example of an area of cooperation or of conflict between the Native Americans and European explorers.

Multiple Select

"Three of them knelt before their chief and pushed sticks into the sand... so it was we lost our lands to the strangers from the sky," is an example of differing viewpoints between how the Europeans and Native Americans felt over claiming land versus using and sharing the land.

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation

Multiple Select

"The stranger made a funny noise with his mouth" is an example of how the Europeans and Native Americans spoke different languages.

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation

Multiple Select

"Our chief gave the strangers balls of cotton thread... and spears to fish... and they gave woven things that fit upon a man's head and could cover a boy's ears" is an example of how the Europeans and Native Americans traded.

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation

Multiple Select

"See how pale they are. No one can be that color who comes from the earth. Surely they come from the sky... our chief rolled tobacco leaves... but they coughed and snorted and clearly did not know about these simple things," are sentences that show how the Europeans and Native Americans had different cultures.

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation

Multiple Select

"They desired all the strangers had brought; the sharp silver spear... darts that sprang from sticks with a sound like thunder," is an example of how Europeans brought the Native Americans weapons (as well as metal farm tools).

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation

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"So I drew back from the feast, which is not what one should do, and I watched how the sky strangers touched our golden nose rings and golden armbands... I watched their chief smile... a serpent's smile." This quote could be an example of competition over trading between the Native Americans and European explorers.

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation

Multiple Choice

"He gave them spears that they might fish and not starve... so we built a feasting fire and readied the pepper pot and yams and casssava bread and fresh fish" could be examples of how the Native Americans shared their knowledge of the best crops with Europeans.

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation

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"My dream is a warning, do not welcome them... but it is our custom to welcome strangers... we did not know them as human beings, for they hid their bodies in colors, like parrots. Their feet were hidden, also." This quote describes an initial interaction between a Native American tribe and European explorers. The meeting of the two groups created an environment in which European diseases were spread to Native Americans.

This is an area of...

• conflict

• cooperation