Throughout this quarter i have grown in categories and have area to develop in others. One of my improvements was learning about how slavery still has had lasting effects still going on. Such as the family of former slaves never being able to escape poverty. Another area i learned about was how much of a impact media has on history. One area being western films, due to media cowboys are seen as intelligent adventurers, making money off breaking the law. While in reality they were poor laborers who had little money and almost no chance of improvement. Along with films having a impact, i learned how literature did also. Due to the dime novels many cowboys were also given the same stereotype that films gave them. Learning about those facts made me realize how false my views were of the west due to media.
Due to films i had seen the west as dry, wild plains with small towns scattered about. While the true west is actually very diverse, with mountains, desserts, fields, and more. Aside from the history of the west i also learned about the complexity of reuniting the north and south after the civil war. One of my areas of improvement is finding better sources for research. The film project was difficult due to many sites on film being a commercial site rather than .gov or .org. However i still managed to find reliable sources even though i could have found more. In the future i hope to study different categories but with the same strategy. Such as watching how media has portrayed other points in history such as WW2 or the cold war.
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