1. Take turns sharing your ship log with your table group!
Warm Up:
Take turns sharing your ship log with your table group!

2. Who is Christopher Columbus? What happened when he reached America?
Today’s Questions:
Who is Christopher Columbus? What happened when he reached America?

3. Agenda: Class Discussion: What do you know about Columbus?
Video Clip: Columbus’ voyage
Reading—Columbus reaches the new world
Prepare for murder trial

4. Before: What do you know about Christopher Columbus?
After: What new words or phrases can you add?

5. Class Discussion: What do you know about Columbus?

6. Map of Atlantic Ocean 1474

8. While you are reading: What new words or phrases would you use to describe Columbus?

9. Who is responsible for the murder of the Arawak (Taino) Indians?
In the years after 1492, a monstrous crime was committed, when perhaps as many as three million or more Arawak (Tainos) on the island of Hispaniola lost their lives. Who—and/or what—was responsible for this slaughter?

10. Defendants (people being accused):
Columbus
Columbus’ men
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
The Tainos
The System of Empire

11. Trial
Each group will represent one of the people being accused of the crime. In your group, you will:
Read your indictment out loud
Prepare to argue against the charges
Accuse at least one other group of murder

12. Important Vocabulary:
Defendant: the person who is accused of a crime Prosecutor: a person trying to prove that the defendant is guilty Jury: a group of people who decide if the person accused is guilty or not guilty Indictment: a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime Empire: a large group of countries or territories under a single ruler

13. Defendants (people being accused):
Columbus
Columbus’ men
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
The Tainos
The System of Empire

14. Group work:
Work with your group. Talking to another group can distract them from their tasks and hinder their learning as well as your own. Direct your attention toward the other members of your group at all times.
Stay on task. As interesting as the football game or tv show on last night is, you are in class and should remained focused on your group assignments.