A short block of information if provided for the teacher. Information tells where Columbus sailed from, when, where he landed, and what he found. Teachers are only told that natives were there, not how they were treated. Teachers are encouraged to have students make a timeline, make a map, answer some questions, and to create a diary. Students are not encouraged to think about the people Columbus encountered and how they might have felt or been effected.
Materials are light and pleasant.
It appears that some institutions, namely schools and publishers of school materials, have decided that this is to controversial so they don't address the issue just present some of the facts. The reevaluation of the teaching of Columbus was due to the upcoming Quincentenary, but more due to all the media converge of this controversy. Magazine articles, newspaper articles, books, and films were all produced at this time to tell educators ow to present Columbus. In our country, as the Quincentenary was approaching the spirit of accepting others and not criticizing them for their beliefs also began to pervade our culture. It became politically correct to accept all religions, cultures, belief systems, and races in our society.