10th Grade Humanities Name: ______________________________

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: SUPERHERO, SUPERVILLAIN, OR AN EXCEPTIONALLY COMPLICATED MAN?

KNOW WANT TO KNOW LEARNED
What do you already know about Christopher What questions do you have about him and Brinkley, Unfinished Nation (textbook)
Columbus? what he did?

Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me (secondary)

Zinn, A Young People’s History (secondary)

Berliner, “The Columbus Controversy”

(secondary)
What factors led to European exploration in the late 1400s? Which is more important to this author, celebrating
Columbus’s accomplishments or condemning his crimes?
Brinkley, Unfinished Nation (textbook) Brinkley, Unfinished Nation (textbook, tertiary)

Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me (secondary)

Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me (secondary) Zinn, A Young People’s History (secondary)

Berliner, “The Columbus Controversy” (secondary)