The document provides instructions for students to complete a digital essay assignment on the movie "Princess Mononoke". It lists 6 steps for logging into Google Docs, creating a new document, answering essay questions using Cornell notes on characters, saving and uploading the work. The essay questions ask students to summarize and compare characters from the movie to different groups, compare themselves to the people of Irontown, and choose a character they want to emulate as an adult and why.

1. Digital Short Essay “You, Nature, and the Future”
Follow the instructions to complete the assignment and get an A+ +
You have 60 minutes to type a digital double spaced essay and upload it to your google docs.
1.Before anything, log on to your google docs account
2.Create a new word file to type your short essay on.
3.Answer the essay questions on the file.
4.Save as you go so you don’t lose the work.
5.When you’re finished, upload your work to your google account in your culture/geography
folder (to do this, first save your word file, then click on “upload [new]”, then select your
file, click on save in ODF format
6.Delete your essay that is saved on the computer and log out of your google account
To type the essay, use your Cornell notes and your own thought s and feelings to answer the
following
1.In a paragraph (4 sentences minimum), what do each of the 4 “Princess Mononoke”
characters we did Cornell notes on represent?
Who or what does Ashitaka represent? (1 sentence minimum)
Who or what does the Wolf Girl represent? (1 sentence minimum)
Who or what does Lady Eboshi? (1 Sentence)
Who or what do the people of Irontown represent? (1 sentence minimum)
1.In a paragraph (4 sentences minimum), write about how we/ you are like the people of
Irontown.
What are the people of Irontown like? (1 sentence minimum)
What is 1 way we are like the people of Irontown? (1 sentence minimum)
What is another 1 way we are like the people of Irontown? (1 sentence minimum)
What is another 1 way we are like the people of Irontown? (1 sentence minimum)
1.In a paragraph (5 sentences minimum), write about your which “Princess Mononoke”
character we did Cornell notes for that you would most like to be like as an adult.
Who in our world today does this character represent ? (2 sentences minimum)
What are 3 traits about this character would you to have as an adult? (2 sentences
minimum)
What about this character do you not like or not want to be like? (1 sentence)
1.In a conclusion paragraph (3 sentences minimum), write about what you can do to be like
this character.
What is 1 thing you can do as a student to become like this character ? (1 sentence
minimum)
What is 1 thing you can do as an adult to become like this character ? (1 sentence
minimum)
Being more like this character, how could you help or hurt the Forest Spirit?
Digital Short Essay

2. Ashitaka represents farmers who are in harmony with nature. The Wolf Girl represents
hunter gathers who live in harmony with nature. Lday Ebonshi represents greed people who are
willing to kill the Forest Spirit for a mountain of gold. The people of Iron Town represent us.
The people of Iron Town are people who do not understand the world around them. They
just want to work and live. They also do not want to hurt nature but are unaware of it. They are
kinda nice, and hard workers.
She represents Native Americans. She is like Native American because they care about
the forest. I would have the traits tough, loves nature. Also one other trait is wild. I don't like that
she would go against humans instead of communicating with them.
I could be more helpful and help clean up the forest. Also I could get everyone involved.
I would protest if people keep hurting the forest. I would help the forest and help it stay up and
green.