From the close watching of the movie ‘the last of the mohicans’, Highlight

1. The relation between European colonizers and American native tribe and also comment how do
the former utilize enmity or hostility between the tribes.

Ans. From the beginning, the focus of the European colonizers relationship with American
Indians was trade. The French wanted the beaver pelts that the Indians were so skilled at
procuring.
In return for the pelts, traders gave the Indians such items as copper pots, glass beads,
blankets, and iron tools. English settlers, too, saw the value of beaver pelts and began
establishing a trading relationship with Indian tribes in New England and in the Middle
Colonies.

Without Indian cooperation, Europeans could not have carried on the lucrative trade in furs
and skins. This need for partnership led the French and English to make alliances with the
Indians. The French acted first, beginning around 1600. They allied themselves with several
tribes, from the Abenaki in the east to the Huron near the Great Lakes. Later, French traders
expanded their territory, making alliances with Indian groups even farther west and also south
along the Mississippi River. In the 1660s, the English formed an alliance with the powerful
Iroquois. This alliance gave them access to furs in the lands around the Great Lakes and into
the Ohio Valley. Through their alliances, the American Indians and the Europeans became
economically dependent on each other.

The Europeans also took advantage of their Indian allies’ fighting ability. France and England
were bitter rivals for power throughout the world. Starting in the late 1600s, they fought a
series of wars in Europe that extended into their colonies. In North America, the goal of both
the French and the British was to take control of the continent. The French relied on their
Indian allies in this struggle. Earlier in the colonial period, other violent conflicts pitted
Indians against English colonists. The competition for land was the main source of friction
that led to violence. Powerful Indian tribes controlled access to beaver and deer in the interior
of the continent. Those same tribes also blocked access to English settlers who wanted to
expand westward. These Indians feared being swamped by the westward migration of
English settlers.

2. how does the mass viewing of the movie help in developing interactive discourse
Ans. Mass-viewing of a movie mainly serves two advantages: firstly, visual media make concepts
more accessible to a person than text media and help with later recall (visual media helps
students retain concepts and ideas) and secondly, it helps in developing interactive discourse.
Through mass-viewing of a movie, students acquire interactive learning like visualizations and
student-created content.