by Lynn Simonsen https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp en-us 2018-01-11 20:52:09 UTC 2018-01-12 09:38:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Write down how Americans view the frontier. E.g. what are the ideas behind the frontier spirit and the basic American values that have been inherited from this time? https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220891103 2018-01-12 09:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220891103 dencker_sofie https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220891522 "The frontier experience began when the first colonists settled on the east coast of the continent in the 1600s. It ended about 1890 when the last western lands were settled".     ]]> 2018-01-12 09:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220891522 dencker_sofie https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220892493 "Individualism, self-reliance and equality of opportunity have perhaps been the values most closely associated with the frontier heritage of America"- ]]> 2018-01-12 09:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220892493 Write down how Americans view the frontier. dencker_sofie https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220894169 While most Americans have a more balanced view of the settling of the West, many Americans still see aspects of the frontier, its people, and their beliefs as inspiring examples of traditional American values in their original and purest form. ]]> 2018-01-12 09:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220894169 https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220894547 In the United States, where freedom from outside social controls has traditionally been valued, the frontier has been idealized, and it still serves as a basis for a nostalgic view of the early United States, a simpler time that was lost when the country became urbanized and more complex. Many people living in the West today still hold these beliefs about freedom from government controls.]]> 2018-01-12 09:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220894547 Equality of Opportunity https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895369 2018-01-12 09:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895369 Individual https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895500 2018-01-12 09:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895500 self-reliance https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895575 2018-01-12 09:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895575 disappointment or failure https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895699 2018-01-12 09:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895699 solution https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895966 2018-01-12 09:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220895966 confident https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220896040 2018-01-12 09:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220896040 individual freedom https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220896073 2018-01-12 09:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tespusquet9/owjy98m87wyp/wish/220896073