After reading the two accounts of first contact misrepresentation and the script “First Encounter[1]”, answer the response questions. Please use full sentences and transition words.

Task:

After reading the two accounts of first contact misrepresentation and the script “First Encounter[1]”, answer the response questions.  Please use full sentences and transition words.

Response questions:

1. What mode of change does the language in the accounts undergo?

2. How do you know that the mode you chose is correct?

3. What do you think the explorers could have done differently to use the Indigenous language in its intended translation? 

4. How do you think the Indigenous people and the explorers were different, based on these texts?  Think about their goals, demeanor and the overall outcome of the situation.

[1]: 

First Encounter I am a chief. I am a captain. I saw a floating island. I saw some new land. There were men on the island. There were savages on the land. We welcomed them. They came after us with weapons. They hurt and killed my people for no reason, We tried to keep peace. They took my people and made them slaves. We invited some to join our exploration. They took our homes and belongings and gave us small amounts of useless items We did a fair trade with them and gave them beautiful things. They destroyed our culture and forced us to believe in their culture. We introduced them to a new and proper way of life. They killed most of my people with weapons and new diseases. Unfortunately a few of them died of some strange savage-like disease. They took our land and food. We set up beautiful settlements and brought civilization to this new world. Then they left. Then we left. They left us with nothing. We gave them everything. Source: 500 Years and Beyond: A Teacher’s Resource Guide. n.d. CoDevelopment Canada. Submitted by North Surrey Secondary School, Rajiner Atwal and Juliette O’Keefe.