Overview: The short response activities in the webtext throughout this course are designed to show your understanding of key concepts as you engage with
course content.
Prompt: During the eighth week of the course, you will respond to several questions in the webtext as you complete each learning block. At the end of Week 8,
you will review your answers to these questions and ensure that you have responded to each question. It is important that you answer each question;
otherwise, the words “[no response]” will appear in brackets when you submit the assignment. The questions and their original locations in the webtext are
listed in this table in case you want to refer back to the reading as you edit, but you can edit your responses to all the questions directly in Theme: Thinking
About History, learning block 8-4 (page 3), before exporting to Word for submission to your instructor in your learning environment.
Question 1 Consider the following statement: The support of non-Native Alaskans was an important factor leading to
the settlement of Alaska Native land claims. Is this conclusion consistent with the evidence presented in
this learning block? Answer Yes or No, and then explain your choice in one or two sentences.
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-1 (page 1)
Question 2 Consider the following statement: ANCSA was a fair settlement for Alaska Natives. Is this conclusion
consistent with the evidence presented in this learning block? Answer Yes or No, and then explain your
choice in one or two sentences.
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-1 (page 1)
Question 3 Consider the following statement: ANCSA was a fair settlement for Alaska Natives. Is this conclusion
consistent with the evidence presented in this learning block? Answer Yes or No, and then explain your
choice in one or two sentences.
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-1 (page 1)
Question 4 For an American literature course: What skills from this course would you use to develop a brief essay on
the significance of Walt Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” a poem written in the
summer of 1865?
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-2 (page 2)
Question 5 For a sociology course: What skills from this course would you use to produce an annotated bibliography
for your course research project?
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-2 (page 2)
Question 6 For a business course: What skills from this course would you use to decide between two different
investment proposals?
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-2 (page 2)
Question 7 How can history serve as a lens for the rest of the academic program you will pursue at SNHU? Has this
course changed the way you think about what you want to study? Why or why not?
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-3 (page 2)
Question 8 What did you learn about one of these topics or historical events that was new or surprising to you?
Explain in at least two to three sentences.
Theme: Thinking About History,
Learning Block 8-4 (page 2)
Question 9 In one paragraph, explain which parts of your historical investigation and analysis were most interesting
to you. Which parts were less interesting?