Analyze the ENCOUNTER between Europeans and the peoples of the Americas as the COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE — biological, cultural, ecological, and demographic transformation including ~90% Indigenous mortality 1492-1600
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~10 min hist.g7.s.ex_27

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 + Q5 NMAI + Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE to Florentine Codex Book 12 Chapter 20 (La Noche Triste). Who co-authored this account? Whose voice is silent?

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type rubric essay
rubric
points
3
criterion
Q1 — names Tlatelolco Nahua co-authors (Valeriano, Vegerano, Jacobita, San Buenaventura, Leonardo)
points
3
criterion
Q5 — names whose voice is silent (Tlaxcalan + everyday Mexica non-elite)
points
3
criterion
Q8 — names Mexica perspective centered
Hints
  1. Florentine Codex is co-authored by Sahagún + 5 named Tlatelolco Nahua scholars.
  2. UNESCO Memory of the World 2015.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Ignoring Nahua co-authorship
  • Treating Sahagún as sole author
Used in lessons