The Columbian Exchange Lesson

Lasting Impacts of Columbian Exchange Lesson

Lasting Impacts of Columbian Exchange

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to the analyze the effects of Colombian Exchange. 

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Should the United States celebrate Columbus Day?

Watch the video on the impact of Columbus, listening for reasons for and against celebrating Columbus Day.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/GD3dgiDreGc?feature=oembed

Open Ended

After watching the video, identify reasons FOR celebrating Columbus Day.

Sentence Stem: Some reason FOR celebrating Columbus Day are...

Open Ended

After watching the video, identify reasons AGAINST celebrating Columbus Day.

Sentence Stem: Some reason AGAINST celebrating Columbus Day are...

Open Ended

Explain whether you think the United States should celebrate Columbus Day.

Criteria for Success:

· Identify whether you think Columbus Day should be celebrated.

· Describe Columbus by providing details/context.

· Explain why you think Columbus should or should not be celebrated.

Sentence Stem: I think Columbus Day should/ Shouldn't be celebrated because...

South America Today

Multiple Select

Population:

South America’s diversity is the result of 500 years of immigration and change. Before Europeans came to the Americas, a wide variety of native people lived all over South America. Historians think the Native American population was about 20 million when the Spanish arrived in the early 1500s. Spanish soldiers defeated the Inca, a powerful Native American empire in the Andes Mountains. Spain soon controlled most of South America. Another European country, Portugal, gained control of Brazil. Immigrants from Spain and Brazil began settling in South America. Some settlers and Native Americans started families together. The word mestizo describes people from a mixed European and Native American background. Today, 68%of the population of Bolivia and 72% of the population of Ecuador identify as mestizo.

In the 1500s, Spain and Portugal began bringing enslaved Africans to South America. Spanish and Portuguese landowners wanted enslaved Africans to work on farms and in mines. Over the next 300 years, about seven million enslaved Africans arrived in South America.

Identify the European countries that controlled most of South America.

• Spain

• Portugal

• Asia

• Africa

Multiple Choice

South America’s diversity is the result of 500 years of immigration and change. Before Europeans came to the Americas, a wide variety of native people lived all over South America. Historians think the Native American population was about 20 million when the Spanish arrived in the early 1500s. Spanish soldiers defeated the Inca, a powerful Native American empire in the Andes Mountains. Spain soon controlled most of South America. Another European country, Portugal, gained control of Brazil. Immigrants from Spain and Brazil began settling in South America. Some settlers and Native Americans started families together. The word mestizo describes people from a mixed European and Native American background. Today, 68%of the population of Bolivia and 72% of the population of Ecuador identify as mestizo.

In the 1500s, Spain and Portugal began bringing enslaved Africans to South America. Spanish and Portuguese landowners wanted enslaved Africans to work on farms and in mines. Over the next 300 years, about seven million enslaved Africans arrived in South America.

Identify where enslaved laborers in South America were originally from.

• Spain

• Portugal

• Africa

Open Ended

Religion:

The introduction of the religion of Christianity replaced the older religions of the Native Americans who worshipped many gods. Christianity is the leading religion, partly because Roman Catholicism (a type of Christianity) is the official religion of many countries. Between 70 and 95 percent of people living in South American now describe themselves as Catholic.

During the era of slavery, religions from West Africa were combined with Christianity to produce blended belief systems.

Identify the most popular religion in South America. Is it the same or different from religions that native groups practiced?

Sentence Stem: The most popular religion in South America is... This religion is the... as Native Americans practiced.

Multiple Choice

Language:

The chart below shows the percentage of people in each country that speak various languages.

Which country has the greatest percent of the population speaking a native language?

• Peru

• Chile

• Brazil

• Bolivia