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Columbus among the Native Americans

 * **US History Lesson 1: Pre-Columbian** **America****;** **Columbus** **and the Origins**

** Class reads: The **** Columbus **** letter, written in 1493 ** :

Read in class: http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/columbus/translation.html

Guiding question: //How does// // Columbus //// describe the inhabitants of //// Hispaniola // ?

Class reads: Columbus letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

[|http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus2.html]

Guiding questions: //What were the intentions of// // Columbus //// and //// Spain //// in the //// New World //// ? //

** Homework/Study lab: **

1. Choose one of the following articles. Read it, and generate 3 main, interesting points to share with the class. Next, come up with one original question that you would like to know about what you read. Finally, turn in a half-page summary of the article. //10 points//

[|http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/COWLEY01.ART]

“The Great Disease Migration” Newsweek article on disease brought over by the European explorers.

[|http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/DAVIS-D1.ART]

Rumors of cannibalism among the Native Americans. Questions: Where did these rumors start and how did they influence relations of the Europeans with the Native Americans?

[|http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/WILSON02.ART]

Columbus among the Native Americans
"Columbus, my enemy" " Columbus, My Enemy"

(A Caribbean chief resists the first Spanish invaders)

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"How did Native Americans respond to Christianity?" Christian History article, 1990 ||  ||