Curricular+Units

=2013 Summer Institute Curricular Unit Guidelines = ===INSTITUTE LESSONS PREPARED FOR AMERICAN HISTORIES: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND EUROPEANS IN THE AMERICAS by Elise Weisenbach, Branford High School, Branford, CT === =Lesson 1 Our World = 
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Activity 3 Introduction to the Mixteca by Aurora Pérez and Maarten Jansen
===Activity 4 Enduring Traditions (2014 add Cuando Muere una lengua[]=== http://www.mexicoescultura.com/actividad/154707/en/index.php

Basado en el poema “Cuando Muere una Lengua” de Miguel León Portilla Lengua: Náhuatl de la Huasteca de Hidalgo)

= = =Lessons 2 When Worlds Collide: Ferdinand and Isabel =

[[file:Lesson 2 Ferdinand and Isabel.pdf|Lesson 2 Ferdinand and Isabel.pdf]]
===Activities that set the scene for the encounter by helping students understand the Spanish Empire at the end of the fifteenth century, including their motivations for exploration, conquest, and religious conversion and the social structure of the caste system. ===

(When Worlds Collide on youtube -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9jLxKPnSN8)
=Lesson 3 When Worlds Collide: How Contact Changed the Old World = ===These activities focus on the impact of the “discovery” of the Americas on Europe, including the exchange of products, challenges for Europeans and the vision of the Americas in Europe. === = =

Activity 2 Changes in the Old World

 * ===Part 1 Video, Lecture, Comprehension (Video no longer available at PBS- click here to watch http://youtu.be/d9jLxKPnSN8)===
 * ===Part 2 Debate -Council of Valladolid between Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ===

Activity 3 Collage of New World Products
Prezi by Amy Bachhuber, Branford High'14 @http://prezi.com/rrkzzpomxdyd/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Activity 5 In the News
= = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lesson 4 When Worlds Collide: How Contact Changed the New World =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Activity 5 Cross Cultural Cuisine
= = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Lesson 5 Voices and Visions of the Conquest =

[[file:Lesson 5 Voices and Visions of the Conquest.pdf|Lesson 5 Voices and Visions of the Conquest.pdf]]
===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Activities in Lesson 5 introduce students to primary source documents that tell the story of the invasion and conquest of Mexico from multiple European and indigenous perspectives. Students will use pictorial documents and written accounts to study perspectives on these worlds clashing. Students also will be encouraged to think about how examining these past historical events is essential to understanding current societal structures and other issues of local and global importance. ===

===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lesson 6 Indigenous Rights and Cultural Property is forthcoming. This lesson will focus on autonomy and sovereignty; customs and traditions; individual, collective and universal rights; resistance and assimilation; and issues relating to cultural property and repatriation. ===

Resistance, a **Photopeach** presentation by David Eaton, Branford High School, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://photopeach.com/album/5h7dbb?invitecode=daca4162ba