For this assignment navigate to PBS and read Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail By Theodore Roosevelt (Links to an external site.). From the Table of Contents, select to read:
I. The Cattle Country of the Far West
Iii. The Home Ranch
Vi. Frontier Types
Vii. Red and White on the Border
Viii. Sheriff’s Work on a Ranch
In a new Word document, write a short essay (approximately 600 words) contrasting Roosevelts accounts of the West with what youve learned about the West in this time period. Be sure your essay addresses the following questions:
How does Roosevelt describe the West?
How does Roosevelt envision mans role in the West and what does the text suggest about popular conceptions of masculinity?
How are Native Americans portrayed in this writing?
How does Roosevelts account support the romanticizing of the West?
Your response should be 3-4 paragraphs in length, and should meet the following criteria:
It addresses all portions of the topic or prompt.
It has a fully developed thesis.
Ideas are stated clearly and easy to understand.
Major supporting ideas are thoughtful, readily identiable and well-developed in unied paragraphs with concrete, substantial and relevant information.
It demonstrates command of language, with precise word choices, and fewif anyerrors in usage or mechanics.
Resource:
Roosevelt, Theodore. (1888). Ranch Life and The Hunting- trail. (1888). PBS. Archive of the West. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/seven/w67trmem/w67tr00.htm
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