wounded knee essay

I. Introduction
A. Wounded knee illustrates one of the final events in a long seres of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding.
B. Trip to monument from, youtube.com
C. Documentary from, youtube.com
D. Wounded knee paragraph from the Internet
E. Proves the thesis







II. Body of Essay
The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding.
Detail 1 Native Americans are still being discriminated against (youtube.com)
Detail 2 The white men made sure that the Indians had no weapons (youtube.com)
Detail 3 The white men treated the Indians like animals (Essay)
Sugnificance They show how the sources prove the thesis.







III. Conclusion
Restate Thesis (not rewrite)
lesson learned- Native Americans are still living in tough conditions and deserve to be respected more.
lesson learned- The fight was unfair because the white men made sure that they had no way to defend themselves
lesson learned- the white men were very unfair in the way they fought the Native Americans.
Significance of thesis- It tells how unfair the Native Americans were treated at the battle of wounded knee and how they still today deserve to be treated better.


Wounded knee illustrates one of the final events in a long seres of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. My first source is a trip to the wounded knee monument video from youtube.com. My second source is a documentary on the wounded knee battle from youtube.com. My final source is an essay on the battle of wounded knee. These sources are significant because they all prove the thesis to be true.

The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. The trip video proves the thesis because it shows that the Native Americans are still being discriminated against because of the poor looking and run down houses they live in and the pile of feces near the monument. The documentary proves the thesis because, from the Indians' perspective, the white men made sure that the Indians had no weapons, not even cooking utensils and then they slaughtered them at the battle. They also wouldn't let them practise their rituals. The essay proves the thesis because the white men treated the Indians like animals and fought them in an unfair battle. These details are significant because they show how the sources prove the thesis.

The battle at wounded knee was one of the last of a long string of bloody events lead by racism, disrespect and lack of understanding. The trip video showed me how the Native Americans are still living in tough conditions and deserve to be respected more. The documentary shows how unfair the fight was because the white men made sure that they had no way to defend themselves and then attacked then. The essay also showed that the white men were very unfair in the way they fought the Native Americans. The thesis is important because it tells how unfair the Native Americans were treated at the battle of wounded knee and how they still today deserve to be treated better.