Volume 1, Issue 7

October 2006

Rethinking Columbus!

Seeing as October 9th is Columbus Day, this month we will be exploring the significant impact Columbus had on our history. Now essentially we will be rethinking Columbus because we will be looking at the events of his era through many different perspectives. So it will be completely up to the students themselves to judge and decide whether the impact Columbus and his followers had we positive, negative, or a little of both! In doing this thematic unit on rethinking Columbus we as teachers “hope to encourage a deeper understanding of the European invasion’s consequences, to honor the rich legacy of resistance to the injustices it created, to convey some appreciation for the diverse indigenous cultures of the hemisphere, and to reflect on what all this means for us today!”
To be more specific, throughout this month the students will be presented with a variety of different views on the European invasion ranging from the views of Columbus himself to his followers, to outsiders and even to the views of the natives themselves!
In doing this we wish to dispel the “Columbus-as-Discoverer myth, which tells children which voices to listen for as they go out into the world and whose to ignore!

Cambridge Central
Grade 6

Research Project and Debate!

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The students have been split up into groups and assigned different view points from which they will be researching the European invasion and colonization of the Americas. Once the students have researched Columbus and his colonization efforts and got a good grasp on the viewpoint on this that they were assigned they will create a short power point presentation in order to present their view point to the class as a whole. Once all the presentations are done the class will remain in their groups and we will have a class debate about whether or not Columbus and the colonization of the Americas was a positive event, negative event, or a little of both.

Quote of the Month:
“The story of the Americas, more than any other area of the world, is the story of peoples and cultures coming together, which resulted in a cultural mix.”
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