Reading Response Chapter 3

Please read chapters 1 and 3 attached – choose 2 questions below and answer using quotes and examples from the readings to back up your points.

1. With which thinker, or which view of the original state of humanity in nature, (Rousseau or Hobbes) do you most agree with? Why? Provide examples (ideally from the readings)

2. Why do you think that most western and indigenous children, upon having had experience living among the Indigenous and the settler communities and eventually faced with the choice of where to continue living, chose to live in the indigenous villages? What potential reasons are mentioned in the reading?

3. What critique do Graeber and Wengrow have of grand historical narratives?

4. What sections or specific quotes strike you from the readings? Why? Did you have any insights? Please share 1-3 insights

5. Please describe some examples that Wengrow and Graeber provide that challenge theories of clearcut stages or progressions of socio-political development. Clearly cite the examples from the reading.

This is a high school assignment, so please use clear and simple vocabulary that is appropriate for a high school level.