Two Views of Education

   

In 1744 at a treaty negotiation in Lancaster, Penn. an offer was made to educate the sons of the Six Nations Chiefs at the college in Williamsburg.


The learning on which we value ourselves they regard as frivolous and useless...if the Chiefs of the Six Nations would send down a half dozen of their sons to that college, the Government would take care that they should be well provided for, and instructed in all the learning of the white people.


                                                                                                        Benjamin Franklin

 

The representative of Haudenosaunee Confederacy responded by saying,

But you who are wise must know, that different Nations have different conceptions of things... Several of our young people were formerly... instructed in all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods... spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors; they were totally good for nothing.

 

 

After reading the information above create a chart similar to the one below.

School to the Europeans

School to the First Nations
 

 

  
 

 

  
 

 

  
 

 

  
 

 

  

 

To do:

 

  1. Complete the chart above with ideas each group held toward education.

  2. Based on the reading above, your completed chart, and your prior understanding complete the inspiration diagram linked below:

Two Views of Education (Inspiration 6 .ins)

Image source:

http://www.youthfluence.com/learning/aboriginal%20guide/3_5.htm (05/05/04)