Indian Logos and Mascots:

Introduction

The Blackhawks, Chiefs, Indians, and Redskins are all names of professional sports teams that use "Indians" for their nicknames, logos and mascots. Many high school and college teams also use similar nicknames. There are many people who feel the use of such logos or mascots is insensitive at best or racist at worst. There are others who feel that these logos and mascots honor Native Americans and are a valued tradition to the teams involved. You will be entering into this very controversial and complex debate by exploring the various sides of the issue.

Tasks

• You will research the use of such mascots, gathering information about both sides of the issue.
• You will use the information gathered to write a standard 5 paragraph paper outlining arguments for and against the use of the mascots and your own point of view in the controversy.

Process

1. Using the links provided or finding sites on your own, gather information pertaining to arguments for and against the use of Native American mascots.
2. Using the information gathered, write a 5-paragraph paper.
• Paragraph 1 - Introduction
• Paragraph 2 - Arguments For using Native mascots
• Paragraph 3 - Arguments Against using Native mascots
• Paragraph 4 - Your opinion concerning the topic
• Paragraph 5 - Conclusion
3. If desired, you may search the internet for additional articles that fall under one of the three types of sites. If you find information from an internet site not listed on Mr. Stutz's pages, copy and paste the address in the form here, and, if accepted, it will result in some extra credit.

Friday

• Guest speaker in class
• spare time to work - in class only, no computers

Next week: 

1. Continue with work on your paper - you will have 2 class days to work
2. Due Friday, Nov 22 at the start of class

Grading

the grading scale is here