Starter 9/14 (In the Google Classroom stream): What have you learned throughout your education about Christopher Columbus and the "discovery of America"? (HONORS: How would you have answered this before this weekend's reading?)
KEY QUESTION: How is the study of history ideological?
Deconstruct….Columbus: Hero or Villain?
1. What do we remember/what have we learned about Columbus throughout our education?
Mine went a little something like this….
2. Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day?
THINK or RESPOND: What are some reasons in favor of celebrating Columbus Day?
Durango and FLC have reconsidered
THINK or RESPOND: Do you think Durango and FLC made the right decision in changing this holiday officially? Why does it matter?
***What might one's answer to this question say about their own ideology?
FILM RESPONSE: Tambien la Lluvia/Even the Rain
If you are one of the people that doesn't have a Netflix account, I have created a classroom account. I will be emailing you the log-in. Reach out if this is you and I don't know that!
Questions to THINK about (We will clarify tomorrow in e-class)...
1. What ideology did European explorers bring with them?
2. How did it differ from the ideology of the indigenous peoples that inhabited the lands? (What do we know about this? How do some indigenous belief systems differ from "Western" ones?)
3. Why were these ideologies in conflict?
4. How do we see these ideological conflicts manifest in modern times? Can you think of other examples beyond the Cochabamba protests?
SEE GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR THE DETAILED ASSIGNMENT! (DUE 11:59 PM Tuesday)
- How does this film juxtapose historical events to make ideological connections across time? What are these connections? (How can we view “La Conquista” on the same ideological timeline as the events in Cochabamba in 2000?)
- Why is this film called Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain)? What does this have to do with the ideological conflict portrayed in the movie?
HONORS: Meeting tomorrow during class time! Please watch the film before tomorrow, as it adds a layer to what you read this weekend.
ALL: If you want to work ahead today, you could begin reading and annotating Chapter 1 of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which will be an assignment due Thursday. This is the reading I gave you a hard copy of last week.