Spain+and+Portugal+in+the+Americas




 * Cite the effects of European expansion on the pre-Columbian Americas
 * Describe the diffusion of Iberian society in the New World
 * Describe the nature and moral arguments surrounding the exploitation of Indians in the New World
 * Identify the nature of the colonial government and economy of the American colonies
 * compare the labor systems that developed in the Americas with Serfdom in Russia

** 1.1 Examine the Image found at the link below... ** www.miniurl.com/castas/ What does this image reveal about Society in the American colonies?What terms are still in use today? How do we use them? ** 1.2 Complete an ESPIRIT analysis of Spanish Colonial Society ** 2.1 Peer - review of Spanish colonial society - use etherpad to share main ideas for each of th eESPIRIT analysis categories. **2.2 Read and Mark up (Using word or Crocodocs) the following document**.

(This document will be used for a brief "save the last word discussion tomorrow. - please identify three ideas for discussion points for tomorrows class.) - Summarize Document


 * 3.1 Look at the Image Below **

How do you think images such as this influenced European attitudes towards the native populations of the Americas

Using the previous nights reading //On the Reasons for the Just War among the Indians (1547)// students will use the “save the last word” discussion method to review their homework and deepen their understanding

After discussion share MI' s __[]__ password: history

in the discussion tab of your make notebook 3-4 predictions of ways that Bartolomé de las Casas would counter the argument of Sepulveda


 * 3.2 Read and use marking up strategies to help them analyze the excerpt from //In Defense of the Indians// (1550) __Bartolomé de las Casa [[file:Excerpt from In Defense of the Indians Bartolomé de las Casas.doc]]__ **


 * 3.3 Compare the attitudes of Sepulveda and de las Casas towards native Americans. - What factors account for the differences in POV?**