Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Columbus and Zinn; An Introduction to Historiography

Homework For Monday, September 10:
Read Course Outline, found on my edline website and blog.
Read pages 2-14 in your textbook.  You do not need to take notes on this reading.
Read the section on Christopher Columbus from Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States (distributed in class).  Answer the following reflection questions in your notebook.  Be ready to discuss them in class.

1. What do you think of Christopher Columbus after reading Zinn's article?  Is this a different opinion than you had before the reading?  Does this change your perspective on American history?
2. What do you think of Howard Zinn?  Does he write good history?

 

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