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Columbus Day—Indigenous People's Day Printables and Activities
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Columbus Landed in the Americas on October 12, 1492 - Holiday Celebrated on the Second Monday of October in the United States
Día de la Raza - Discovery Day - Día de la Hispanidad - Fiesta Nacional - Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural - Día de las Américas
 
 
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Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day Handwriting Practice Worksheets
 
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Columbus Day - Free Printables and Activities for K-12 Education Educators can approach these holidays by fostering critical thinking and empathy. For younger students, focus on exploration and cultural exchange, using age-appropriate texts. For middle and high schoolers, present multiple perspectives: the European narrative of discovery alongside the rich, pre-existing cultures of Indigenous peoples and the subsequent consequences of colonization. Encourage students to analyze primary sources and discuss the importance of honoring history fully, including its complex and often difficult chapters. This balanced approach promotes a more inclusive and accurate understanding of American history.

Cuba's Taíno people: A flourishing culture, believed extinct - A commonly repeated belief says that Cuba’s indigenous Taíno people were extirpated shortly after the Spanish conquest in 1511. Yet signs of living Taíno culture appear as my car bounces down the track to El Güirito, a remote hamlet at Cuba’s easternmost extreme that’s sandwiched between the azure Atlantic Ocean and surging mountain ranges smothered in throttling green... Continue reading at bbc.com
 
 
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