Ships in the background Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta
Columbus Looks upward Proud, Brave, Relieved that he finally made it Holds a banner claiming this land to be part of Spain Sword points a sword in the ground claiming it Hat is off Meaning that he is humble Other Europeans Various Classes of society Friar holds a cross Solider looking warily into the woods Some are happy Others are fighting for Gold Guns! Tree falls down suggests that an unknown wilderness is only paces away Native Americans Palm Trees Bahamas Naked Kneeling to worship Suspicious Warm-Up 8-12 The inhabitants of this and of all the other islands I have found or gained intelligence of, both men and women, go as naked as they were born, with the exception that some of the women cover one part only with a single leaf or grass with a piece of cotton, made for that purpose. I gave away a thousand good and pretty articles which I had brought with me in order to win their affection, and that they might be led to become Christians, and be well inclined to love and serve their highnesses and the whole Spanish nation. (Christopher Columbus - Letter on the first voyage, 1493) What is the purpose of the quote? What is the Point of View of the Author The People vs. Columbus, et. Al.
Each defendant(s) is charged with murder! You will be the defendant I will be the prosecutor. You need to defend yourself Explain who you think is guilty and why Task Prepare a defense (1 paragraph) one person will present orally
Each member will be accused by the prosecutor and must defend yourself. (You earn points by being able to defend yourself) Each group must find some other group to blame and construct a case explaining why they are guilty. Each group must come up w/ 3 questions that Mr. Kogan might possibly ask and answer those questions in preparation. Was anyone entirely NOT GUILTY? (No blame whatsoever)
Did the prosecutor convince you that the Tanos were in part responsible for their own deaths? Why didnt the Tanos kill Columbus on his first voyage?
How did you weigh responsibility between the bosses and the men they hired? Can you imagine a peaceful meeting between
Europeans and Tanos? Or did European lifethe System of Empire make violence inevitable? How would Spain and other European countries have had to be different to have made a more peaceful outcome possible? What more would you need to know about the System of Empire to understand how it affected peoples thinking and behavior? If the System of Empire is guilty, what should be the sentence? You cant put a system in prison System of writing hieroglyphics Borders w/ Rulers of their past conquests
Eagle on a cactus Mexican Flag Eagle is not eating the snake. recalling the sign given to the wandering Mexica (Aztecs) that they should found their capital Tenochtitlan at that site. Note that the eagle does not have a snake in its mouth, contrary to the most common version of the legend. The eagle that depicts the foundation legend is an Aztec symbol for the sun, which is associated with Huitzilopochtli, the Mexica's patron deity. The cactus fruit the eagle is about to consume may represent the human hearts offered the sun to sustain it during the daily journey across the firmament. Main goods and commodities feathers, headdresses, shields, cloth, colors, blouses, weapons, different types of bushels, beans, trinkets, gold, silver, and coppers Tenotitchitlan the Capital of Aztecs Later to be Mexico City Stone tetl nahautl is the language name nochtli cactus. Step pyramids worship Skull Human Sacrifice The blue cross - A goodly portion of folio 2r depicts a square divided "in the form of Saint Andrew's cross." This stylized plan represents the original small island in Lake Texcoco on which Tenochtitlan was founded, an islet divided in quarters by two waterways. It has been suggested that the orientation of this island depiction differs from that of a modern map: north may not be at the top. Christopher Columbus King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella Columbus men The Tanos System of Empire