who aren’t white, including people like the Ojibwe? Do you think there is prejudice against Native Americans? How is this portrayed in the book? Contrast these with examples of kindness and fairness. 16. father remembered that of course an Ojibwe person’s clan meant everything at one “My time, and no one didn’t have a clan; thus, you know your place in the world and your relationship to all other beings.” How has modernity --- and westward expansion --- transformed this? Has our rush to the future, and our restless need to move, impacted us as a society and as individuals? 17. Race, politics, injustice, religion, superstition, and the boundary between childhood and adulthood are explored in The Round House. Choose a theme or two and trace how it is demonstrated in a character’s life throughout the novel. 18. The only that God can do, and does all the time, is to draw good from any evil situation,” the priest advised Joe. What good does Joe --- and also his family --- draw from the events of the summer? What life lessons did Joe learn that summer of 1988? Thematic Focus The Pursuit of Justice Throughout the novel, Erdrich develops the theme of different approaches the pursuit of justice. Reading excerpts in the packet focus on some of these: Anishinaabe stories from Mooshum pp. 179-181 – Catholic/Christian perspective p 253 – explanation pp. 299 300 – – Bazil’s thoughts pp. 305-307 – After reading these excerpts, students can a line for a walk,” copying a line/lines and then “take following with their own thoughts. Another reading strategy would be to DICE the texts. D what disturbs you? – I what intrigues you? – C what confuses you? – E what enlightens you? – What types of evil are you familiar with? Material evil? Moral evil? Have you confronted evil in your life on a personal level? How do of evil deal with it? Are there similarities based on their experiences? “victims” with a partner, small group or the whole group. Misogyny and Violence Against Women
who aren’t white, including people like the Ojibwe? Do you think there is prejudice against Native Americans? How is this portrayed in the book? Contrast these with examples of kindness and fairness. 16. “My father remembered that of course an Ojibwe person’s clan meant everything at one time, and no one didn’t have a clan; thus, you know your place in the world and your relationship to all other beings.” How has modernity --- and westward expansion --- transformed this? Has our rush to the future, and our restless need to move, impacted us as a society and as individuals? 17. Race, politics, injustice, religion, superstition, and the boundary between childhood and adulthood are explored in The Round House. Choose a theme or two and trace how it is demonstrated in a character’s life throughout the novel. 18. The only that God can do, and does all the time, is to draw good from any evil situation,” the priest advised Joe. What good does Joe --- and also his family --- draw from the events of the summer? What life lessons did Joe learn that summer of 1988? Thematic Focus The Pursuit of Justice Throughout the novel, Erdrich develops the theme of different approaches the pursuit of justice. Reading excerpts in the packet focus on some of these: Anishinaabe stories from Mooshum – pp. 179-181 Catholic/Christian perspective – p 253 explanation – pp. 299 – 300 Bazil’s thoughts – pp. 305-307 After reading these excerpts, students can “take a line for a walk,” copying a line/lines and then following with their own thoughts. Another reading strategy would be to DICE the texts. D – what disturbs you? I – what intrigues you? C – what confuses you? E – what enlightens you? What types of evil are you familiar with? Material evil? Moral evil? Have you confronted evil in your life on a personal level? How do “victims” of evil deal with it? Are there similarities based on their experiences? with a partner, small group or the whole group. Misogyny and Violence Against Women
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