Analyze the EARLY ATLANTIC EXPLORATION 1415-1522 — Portuguese (Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Cabral) and Spanish (Columbus, Magellan) — within global maritime context including ZHENG HE 1405-1433 PRECEDENT
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~10 min hist.g7.s.ex_23

Source Analysis

MG-7 Diagram
EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th questio

EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th question for G7-Spring multi-perspective encounter analysis. All 7 G7-Fall questions retained + Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE: From whose perspective is this encounter told? Whose perspective is missing? How would the same event read from the missing perspective? Includes sentence frames in English + Spanish + Nahuatl/Quechua/Persian/Arabic transliteration glossaries; available in 14pt dyslexic font + audio version.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 Q1 SOURCING + Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE to Columbus's 1493 Letter to Santangel. What perspective is Columbus writing from? Whose perspective is silent?

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type rubric essay
rubric
points
3
criterion
Q1 — Columbus's audience (Castile Crown + Santangel financial backer)
points
3
criterion
Q8 — Columbus's European-Castilian-Christian perspective
points
3
criterion
Q8 — whose voice is silent (Lucayan Taíno of Bahamas + Indigenous peoples encountered)
Hints
  1. Lucayan Taíno c.40,000 people lived where Columbus 'arrived' 12 October 1492.
  2. Apply MG-13a — refuse 'discovery.'
Misconceptions to watch
  • Accepting 'discovery' framing
  • Ignoring Taíno population
Used in lessons