Showing posts with label August 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 2015. Show all posts
Saturday, 29 August 2015
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Letter to Bartolome de las Casas
Dear Bartolome de las Casas,
When the Spanish Crown took me away from you, I was brought to the mines to work under harsh conditions. Even though I was your servant, you had treated me like a friend. Now the Tainos and I have been forced to work for other cruel Spaniards. Since then, they have yelled at us, whipped us, and forced us to convert to Christianity. I remember you teaching me about the Bible and Christianity. You said that God created every man equally. Are the Tainos and I not men? Should we not be treated equally? Are the Spaniards the ones who should review the Bible? The encomienda system is not working. Please, Bartolome, please help me and my people escape from this evil tragedy.
Your good friend,
Juanico
When the Spanish Crown took me away from you, I was brought to the mines to work under harsh conditions. Even though I was your servant, you had treated me like a friend. Now the Tainos and I have been forced to work for other cruel Spaniards. Since then, they have yelled at us, whipped us, and forced us to convert to Christianity. I remember you teaching me about the Bible and Christianity. You said that God created every man equally. Are the Tainos and I not men? Should we not be treated equally? Are the Spaniards the ones who should review the Bible? The encomienda system is not working. Please, Bartolome, please help me and my people escape from this evil tragedy.
Your good friend,
Juanico
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
The First Few Days -- Christopher Columbus
1. What attitude does Columbus have about the people he encounters? Find 3 quotes to support your perspective.
When he encounters people, Columbus does not think of them as human beings, but thinks of them or their belongings as items of value. "... I gave to some of them some red caps and some glass beads, which they hung round their necks, and many other things of little value." This shows that Columbus just wanted the natives' valuable items, but wanted to scam them and get the items cheap. "They should be good servants and of quick intelligence..." This shows that Columbus was only thinking of them as good servants and not as actual human beings. "However, when Your Highnesses so command, they can all be... held captive in the island itself, since with fifty men they would be all kept in subjection and forced to do whatever may be wished..." This shows that Columbus only valued the natives as slaves that could be "forced to do whatever may be wished...".
2. What does Columbus care about? Give evidence.
Columbus only cares about the amount of land he discovers and the resources that are held in that land. This is shown with all his interactions with the natives (as stated above), and is also shown when he saw a piece of land and thought about how it could be turned into a fort.
3. What, if anything, can you tell about the kind of people the “Indians” are? Give evidence.
The "Indians" were very generous people because they immediately took in Columbus and his crew as friends and gave them items that were important to them. Whenever Columbus and his crew came close to the shore, many of the "Indians" came to greet them and gave them food and drink. Also, whenever someone capsizes their boat, "everyone at once begins to swim and right it...". This shows that they are also very kind to each other as well as Columbus and his crew.
When he encounters people, Columbus does not think of them as human beings, but thinks of them or their belongings as items of value. "... I gave to some of them some red caps and some glass beads, which they hung round their necks, and many other things of little value." This shows that Columbus just wanted the natives' valuable items, but wanted to scam them and get the items cheap. "They should be good servants and of quick intelligence..." This shows that Columbus was only thinking of them as good servants and not as actual human beings. "However, when Your Highnesses so command, they can all be... held captive in the island itself, since with fifty men they would be all kept in subjection and forced to do whatever may be wished..." This shows that Columbus only valued the natives as slaves that could be "forced to do whatever may be wished...".
2. What does Columbus care about? Give evidence.
Columbus only cares about the amount of land he discovers and the resources that are held in that land. This is shown with all his interactions with the natives (as stated above), and is also shown when he saw a piece of land and thought about how it could be turned into a fort.
3. What, if anything, can you tell about the kind of people the “Indians” are? Give evidence.
The "Indians" were very generous people because they immediately took in Columbus and his crew as friends and gave them items that were important to them. Whenever Columbus and his crew came close to the shore, many of the "Indians" came to greet them and gave them food and drink. Also, whenever someone capsizes their boat, "everyone at once begins to swim and right it...". This shows that they are also very kind to each other as well as Columbus and his crew.
Saturday, 22 August 2015
Important Historical Ideas
- Reliable: Is the source trustworthy or not
- Biased: Always leaning towards one side of an idea and ignoring the other side(s)
- Background Historical Knowledge: Knowledge about an event prior to learning something new
- Inference: Educated guess based on hard evidence
- Sources that Conflict: Two or more sources that say different things about a topic
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Monday, 17 August 2015
Considering Perspectives
Some things that make up who I am:
- My name is Miguel
- I am 13 years old
- I am a male
- I am from the Philippines
- I lived most of my life in Singapore
- I lived the first four years of my life in the Philippines
- My first language is English
- I have one mom, one dad, and two younger brothers
- I like comics, music, and movies
- I love Star Wars
- I don't like having a lot of homework
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