1. Where have you seen this word before?
HOOK
What is COLONIALISM?
Where have you seen this word before?

2. What do you see in each of the 4 quadrants?
What is in the background? Foreground?
What types of people do you see?
What country do you think they are from?
Who do you think they are?
What actions do you think each of them will do in the Americas?

3. Just quickly point out the 4 voyages of Columbus

4. What do you see on this map?
Who has a majority of the land in the Americas?
Which 3 countries colonized Latin America?
Why do you think Spain has so much land?

5. What do you see in each quadrant?
What symbols do you see?
What is happening in each quadrant?
Who is colonizing Mexico?
What is happening to the land?
What is an Indigenous person? Where do you see indigenous people in this image?
What is slavery? Where do you see slavery in this picture? Who is enslaved? Do you see both Indigenous People and African slaves? Why would there be African slaves in this picture?
What does this image reveal about the history of Mexico?
Read the textbook and do the notes now. “LEGACY of COLONIALISM: IMPACT ON THE AMERICAS”

6. PLEASE COPY AND ANSWER IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!
1. Read “Colonialism and Independence” on page 217 to answer the following questions:
~How did Hernando Cortes change Mexico?
~What did Spain gain from Mexico? Label it on the picture.
2. Read page 219 to find the definition of mestizo.
3. Look on page 136 to define the Columbian Exchange.
4. What is a Conquistador?
Spectrum – What happens in the past affects the present.
Reflect on the legacy of Colonialism. On a scale from one to five, decide if this event is very important to the present or not very important to today.
Not very important to Today Very Important to Today
Explain:

7. What do you see in each quadrant?
What symbols do you see?
What is happening in each quadrant?
What types of people do you see in the mural?
Who is the focus of the mural on?
Read the textbook and do the notes now. “INDEPENDECE MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA”

8. What do you see on this map?
What do the dates represent?
When was the first independence movement? The last?
Read the textbook and do the notes now

9. 1. Read Colony and Country on page 216-217 to answer the following questions:
~When did Mexico gain independence from Spain? Who ruled as emperor?
~What did Benito Juarez do for Mexico? How did he try to help Mexico? (Focus on the land)
2. Read Caribbean Independence on page Write a summary of the slave revolt that led to independence of Haiti.
3. Read Independence Movements on page 231. How did Simon Bolivar and Jose De San Martin change the history of South America?
4. Read Independence for Brazil on page How did its independence movement differ from others in South America?
5. Compare the Independence movements in Latin America to the United States. Create a Venn diagram showing their similarities and differences. Include at least 3 similarities and differences.

10. Latin America Mural
Create a mural showing the impact of colonization and revolution on Latin America.
Your mural must include images to represent 4 of the following terms
Colonialism
Indigenous Peoples (Native Americans)
Slavery
Colombian Exchange
Conquistador
Revolution
Be colored using at least 3 colors
Completely cover the page with no white spaces.