2.2 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES Identify the origin, content, context and purpose of primary and secondary sources by examining SOURCE5 .
SOURCE5 Christopher Columbus’s journal, written for the King and Queen of Spain during his 1492 voyage, records his accidental discovery of America.
Your Highnesses, as Catholic rulers against doctrine of Mahomet , idolatry and heresy, sent me, Christopher Columbus , to India. My mission was to meet the princes and convert them to Christianity. You ordered me to take a new westerly route instead of the usual eastern path. In the same month you expelled the Jews, you commanded me to sail with enough ships to reach India.
1. Identify who commissioned Columbus for this voyage. 2. Describe the attitudes toward Muslims, Jewish people and other non-Christians during this time. 3. Identify when Columbus’s voyage occurred. 4. Explain the direction in which Columbus was instructed to sail in order to reach India. 5. Refer to a world map to discover which undiscovered continent obstructed his path.
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Exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 2, 3
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Identify the reasons why written sources from this period are likely biased.
A. Only educated people could read and write. B. All educated people shared the same views. C. Ideas spread through printed books. D. Religious conflicts could lead to propaganda. 2. Determine whether the following statement is True or False. The printing press helped preserve many books and pamphlets from this period. 3. Examine the archaeological sources and identify what aspects of this period they each evidence. A. Markets B. Weapons C. Towns D. Churches 4. Explain why there are gaps in historical evidence from this period. ANALYSE AND APPLY 5. Analyse SOURCE3 by answering the following questions: a. Explain who created it, and when. b. Suggest why it was made. c. Look closely at SOURCE3 and describe the tortures in hell. Explain how belief in this afterlife might have influenced people’s actions. 6. Examine SOURCE4 :
a. Explain how you can tell the peasant is paying in both money and livestock. b. Suggest how he might feel about paying taxes in feudal tradition and cash. c. Explain why peasants were likely to rebel.
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