Jump Start OLThink back to elementary school when you learned about Christopher Columbus.

1. What is he remembered for?

2. Is he considered a hero or villain?

3. Why do you think we see him that way?

1. Using the cover art, from what perspective do you think the book will be told? European or Native? Why?

2. What inferences about the story can you make from the illustrator’s use of black and white?

3. Infer the author’s opinion of European colonization.

Encounter Discussion Questions- OL

1. What do the birds in the illustrations look like?2. Who might be telling the story?3. Why is the storyteller calling the tall ships “canoes”?4. The storyteller indicates that the strangers are different from

the native people. How are they different?5. What do the strangers give the native people?6. What do the native people give the strangers?7. Why might the strangers want to touch their golden rings

and armbands, but not the people?8. What do you think the zemis is?9. What do the white explorers have that they aren’t sharing?10.Why would the explorers take the native people with them

when they sailed away?11.How were the native people changed as a result of their

encounter with the white explorers?12.Why don’t we know more about the Taino people?

Jump Start PAPThink back to elementary school when you learned about Christopher Columbus. Spend five minutes free writing about Columbus’ influence. Some questions to consider might be:

1. What is he most remembered for? 2. Is he considered a hero or villain?3. Why do you think we see him that way?

You should be writing for the entire five minutes. When the timer goes off, you may stop.

1. Using the cover art, from what perspective do you think the book will be from? European or Native? Why?

2. What inferences about the story can you make from the illustrator’s use of black and white?

3. Infer the author’s opinion of European colonization.

Encounter Discussion Questions- PAP

1. Describe the author's point of view.2. How does the author use imagery to add to the tone of the book?3. How do the cultural differences between the explorers and the Tainos affect the boy's understanding of certain objects that the explorers bring?4. What major difference exists between the explorers' gifts and the natives' gifts?5. How does the author use the image of gold to define the goals of the explorers?6. How were the native people changed as a result of their encounter with the white explorers?

Make a prediction about the reasons for exploration!

Hint…think of the “3 G’s”

Europe Explores the “New World”• Marco Polo- an Italian

merchant who spent over 10 years in China

• He wrote a book when he returned describing all of the things he had witnessed

• This book increased the European desire to trade with the East (China, India, etc.)

• European monarchs wanted to find a water route to these new places • Would make shipping goods

easier than over land

Turn and Talk

If you were a monarch asked to fund one of these missions, which

one of the following would

be the most important

question to ask?

1. How much will it cost?

2. What will we get out of this?

3. How quickly can it be done?

New Spain• Once news of the New World was in print, monarchs began racing to find a Northwest Passage• Overseas trade route to the east

• Spain used horses and superior weapons to conquer native people

• Shipments of gold and silver soon made Spain even richer

• Used religion to justify their domination of native groups

• Wiped out natives due to overwork and disease• Replaced them with African slaves

New France• Other European rulers became jealous of Spain’s wealth• France sent their

own explorers •Never became as populated as New Spain

• Found wealth fur • Established a

trading relationship with native tribes

New Spain vs. New France

As a group, come up with one similarity

and one difference between

Spanish and French

colonization

VS.

New Netherland• Henry Hudson was hired by the Dutch to find a Northwest Passage• Reached New York• Established a

successful fur trade• Colony was established and run as a business

• Welcomed people from other countries and practiced religious toleration

English Colonization• England became involved in a series of wars with Spain•Wanted to stake a claim for the land and riches of the New World

• After England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada, Queen Elizabeth I began attempts to colonize the New World• First two failed• Jamestown (1607) was the first to succeed