5 points
•dehumanization
•slavery
•population
•agricultural economy
•new world
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
American Holocaust Discussion Questions
1. Describe Columbus's first impressions of the new land he "discovered" and the people who live there.
"Many islands filled with people without number " He thought that they weren't very civilized , but free, loving and kind.
"Many islands filled with people without number " He thought that they weren't very civilized , but free, loving and kind.
2. How did the Spanish treat the peoples they conquered? Please provide specific examples from the essay.
Not very kindly, they told the natives that they were taking their land , or reading their rights knowing that they could not understand them
3. How would you explain the treatment of the Indians? Was it all about greed for gold, land and other riches? Was it prejudice towards a supposedly inferior race? Or was it a combination of factors?
4. Explain the system that Columbus developed to encourage the natives to find gold and the punishment he inflicted if they failed.
5. What was the likely disease that killed so many Native Americans when Columbus came back on his second voyage and established the town of Isabella?
3. How would you explain the treatment of the Indians? Was it all about greed for gold, land and other riches? Was it prejudice towards a supposedly inferior race? Or was it a combination of factors?
4. Explain the system that Columbus developed to encourage the natives to find gold and the punishment he inflicted if they failed.
5. What was the likely disease that killed so many Native Americans when Columbus came back on his second voyage and established the town of Isabella?
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Atlantic slave trade
Capture and transport of slaves
5 points
•the journey
•death
•demoralization
•slave trade
•brutality
Theses statement
Human trafficking
Precedents
5points👇
•social
•effective
•history
•awareness
•world
Theses statement
A heightened social awareness of slavery could be more effective for historical reasons
Human trafficking
The idea
5 points👇
•labor laws
•crime issue
•domestic servants
•modern slavery
•human trafficking
Theses Statement
Peoples ideas of slavery are skewed due to thinking that sLavery is a thing of the past.
Human trafficking
The The Scale
5 points👇
•slaves
•organizations
•consensus
•slave population
•estimates
Theses statement
There are an estimated 27 million slaves today, twice as many 350 years ago.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)