Critical Thinking Activity Selection from Carl Gorman’s World p.78
2a.What does the quote “This Marine stuff in nothing . . . compared to the hell we had to take in the boarding schools” from a Navajo marine illustrate? Why did the author include this quote?
b.How does the selection relate to the three major themes: resources, culture and continuity amid change?
c.Why do you think the CO’s office chose to overlook the incident involving Carl Gorman punching his drill sergeant?3.
What does the selection mean to you? a.What struck you most about the selection?
b.How does it make you feel to hear that some marines would call the Navajo “Chief” in order to make fun of them and to hear that their drill sergeant “. . . was determined to make Marines out of these ‘lousy Indians.”?
Critical Thinking Activity Selection from New Mexico’s History: A Message for the Future p.83
2a.How does the author feel about Dr. Robert Hutching Goddard based on the quote, “He was a man whose genius continues to benefit all mankind . . . .he became a significant part of New Mexico’s scientific legacy.”
b.How does the selection relate to the three major themes: resources, culture and continuity amid change?
c.“As early as seventeen years old and before the turn-of-the century, Goddard spoke and wrote about upper atmosphere space travel. He would pursue that idea for the rest of his life, becoming, as some have described, a man who made the greatest contribution to the development of rockets and space travel.” What does this quote tell you about Dr. Goddard?
What does the selection mean to you?
Selection
Critical Thinking Activity from The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear
Explosion July 16, 1945 p.86
2a.How does the author feel about the landscape of Los Alamos and the people working with the Manhattan Project?
b.How does the selection relate to the three major themes: resources, culture and continuity amid change?
c.Why does the author share the story about the return of the scientists from the Trinity explosions and the “. . . custodian rushed up to physicist Fred Reines, grabbed his hand, and said, ‘Well, we did it, didn’t we?”
What does the selection mean to you?