The Team briefly chronicles the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan, Marco Polo, and Ibn Battuta. This dispatch is intended to only whet students' appetites and give them a basic idea of who these individuals were. Try any of the following activities to reinforce student learning or to take it further. They should try to identify the explorers' motives. In other words, this gives only a very brief introduction, but directly supports national standards regarding understanding guerilla motives in Latin America.
Students can do a websearch for more info on the guerillas in Colombia.
We didn't address this, but it will be an important theme in Peru. In direct support of national standards about understanding guerilla motives in Latin America, have students compare and contrast motives. The man accused of the murders was captured by FARC leaders and will now stand trial, and faces possible execution. Amnesty International fears the accused's rights will not be respected by this independent court, and opposes the death penalty in any case. The Team invites students to write directly to a FARC representative and share their thoughts.