Diego Salcedo

La leyenda de Diego Salcedo

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​LA LEYENDA

DE

DIEGO SALCEDO

Puerto Rico

​los conquistadores españoles- the Spanish conquerors

la conquista - the conquest

esclavizaron- they enslaved

indígena- indigenous (native)

armonía - harmony

Multiple Choice

¿Qué hicieron los conquistadores españoles en el comienzo de la conquista? What did the Spanish conquistadors do during the beginning of the Conquest?

• Los conquistadores españoles les invitaron a cenar a los taínos. The Spanish invited the Taínos to dinner.

• Los conquistadores españoles querían aprender de los Taínos. The Spanish conquerors wanted to learn from the Taínos.

• Los conquistadores españoles esclavizaron a los Taínos. The Spanish conquerors enslaved the Taínos.

• Los conquistadores españoles llevaron a los Taínos a España. The Spanish conquerors brought the Taínos to Spain.

Open Ended

¿Qué significado tiene la palabra "taína"?

Open Ended

¿Cuál era el nombre original de Puerto Rico?

dóciles- docil, unresisting cobriza- copper colored comenzar- begin

dioses- gods lisas- smooth sociedad pácifica- peaceful society

la piel - the skin navegadores- navigators las creencías- the beliefs

barbas- beards pescadores- fishermen profecía- prophecy (prediction)

montaban- they rode vinieron- they came regresarían- they would return

por lo tanto- therefore

Open Ended

Describe the Taíno people- both physical and non-physical characteristics. Name several things.

Open Ended

¿Por qué la gente indígena pensó que los conquistadores eran dioses? Name multiple reasons.

​empezaron- they started

tan- so

malvados- evil

el cacique- the chief

Urayoán - the name of the Taíno chief

proteger- to protect

crímenes contra la humanidad- crimes against humanity

pueblo- his people (town)

convencer- to convince

cometidos- committed

sino- but instead

​?

Open Ended

Who was Urayoán?

Open Ended

What did Urayoán believe that most of his fellow Taínos did not believe?

Open Ended

WHY did Urayoán need to convince of his thoughts?

​conquistadores - conquerors

Añasco- the name of a town

cacique- chief

Urayoán- the name of the chief

puso en marcha- launched, started up

ahogado- drown

hoy conocido- known today

Open Ended

Who was Diego Salcedo?

Open Ended

What is Añasco?

Open Ended

What was the plan that Urayoán put into effect? What did he DO?

Open Ended

How did Diego Salcedo die?

​cacique- chief descomponerse- decompose

el cádaver- the cadaver/body pudo convencer- he could convince

la orilla del río- the bank of the river la rebelión taína- the Taíno rebellion

se quedó - he stayed

entonces- then

hubiera revivido- he would have revived

comenzó- it started

Open Ended

What did Urayoán place at the edge of the river?

Open Ended

Why was it important for Urayoán to show that Diego Salcedo did not come back to life?

Open Ended

What can we INFER (guess or understand) from the line "La rebelión taína comenzó en el año 1511" at the end of the story?

Poll

How difficult or easy was this reading for you?

• It was VERY EASY- I did not need the defined words.

• It was comfortable. I used some of the defined words.

• It was tricky- I relied on the defined words.

• It was too difficult. Even with the defined words I couldn't figure out what was going on.