Have students propose questions they would like to have been able to ask Columbus about his experiences on that day in 1492. Then conclude by having students write a journal entry on the encounter with Columbus from a Native American point of view. Have students investigate how the era's preoccupation with science and religion combine in the work of Italian masters like Bellini, Bronzino, Michelangelo, and Da Vinci. Students can also extend their study of indigenous peoples of the Americas through the resources of the NativeWeb website. At many NativeWeb sites, descendants of those whom Europeans encountered in their colonization of the Americas offer an alternative vantage-point on those events, one that often reveals how the impact of that intercultural contact is still felt today.
Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiencees for a variety of purposes. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. National Geography Standards 4. Visual Arts 4. 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.