Columbus Day/ Indigenous Peoples' Day

Indigenous Peoples Day

Poll

Have you heard of Indigenous Peoples Day?

• yes

• no

• not sure

Multiple Choice

What two Continents were connected by Beringia?

• Europe and North America

• Asia and North America

• North and South America

Multiple Choice

How did humans get from Asia to North America?

• They sailed across the ocean from Europe

• They crossed the Arabian Peninsula

• They came across Beringia, a land bridge

Multiple Choice

What does the word "Indigenous" mean?

• native / originally from an area

• from far away

• friendly

Open Ended

What do you know about Christopher Columbus?

Multiple Choice

Did Columbus "discover" North America?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Columbus wanted to sail

• to Australia

• to Europe

• to Asia

Multiple Choice

He did not know the ___________ existed

• Australia

• Americas

• Africa

Multiple Choice

Columbus left the continent of:

• Australia

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

Multiple Choice

Columbus' journals are:

• primary sources

• secondary sources

​Columbus’s voyage and had lasting effects for the indigenous peoples of the Americas.



Many Native American communities were killed off by smallpox and violence brought by the Europeans



Columbus’s voyage began Europe's colonization of the Americas.


European settlers killed 56 million indigenous people over about 100 years in South, Central and North America,

Poll

What do you think about Christopher Columbus?

• he is an okay guy

• he is awesome

• he is a bad person

• he was okay for the 1500's, but not okay for 2023

Multiple Choice

Indigenous People's Day celebrates

• Chrsitopher Columbus

• Native People

• The King and Queen of Spain