In this unit of eight lessons, from EDSITEment, students read excerpts from Christopher Columbus's letters and journals, as well as recent considerations of his achievements. Students reflect on the motivations behind Columbus's explorations, his reactions to what he found, and the consequences, intended and unintended, of his endeavor.
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Subjects: Social Studies - World History
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Keywords: Age of Discovery | European Exploration | World History | Native people | Primary Source Document | Historical Document | Secondary Source Material | 1492 | Spanish History | Human Migration | Disease | Disease Migration | Ancient American culture | Native American | Food Migration | Plant Migration | Lost Worlds of Ancient America, The | Rumors of Cannibals | Columbus, My Enemy | What Columbus Discovered | How Did Native Americans Respond to Christianity | Seeds of Change, The | Columbus, Christopher | Columbus' Voyage | Letter Writing | New World | Discovery of America | Journal Writing | Mesoamerica
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