Should We Celebrate Columbus Day?

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Should We Celebrate Columbus Day?

• By Mr. Vuong
• Computer Class
• PowerPoint Presentation

www.orst.edu/Dept/philosophy/ ideas/92history.html

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Presentation Outline

• Who is Christopher Columbus?
• Yes, We should celebrate Columbus Day
• No, We should not celebrate Columbus Day
• Conclusion

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Who was Christopher Columbus?

• Genoa, Italy 1451
• Discovered America?
• Four Voyages
• Died May 20, 1506

www.orst.edu/Dept/philosophy/ ideas/92history.html

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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

• Civilized World
• Ideas and Achievements of Aristotle, Galileo,
  Newton

www.classroomtools.com/ frmain.htm
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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

• America was inhabited, unused, and undeveloped
• Life was short
• No language
• Little agriculture

tam.cornell.edu/basant/ digital.htm
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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

• Endless bloody wars
• Human sacrifices

www.foutah.com/Sammy2.htm
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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

• Dr. Christy Turner, Arizona State University.
• Indians in the Southwest engages in widespread
  mass murder and torture.
• Humans were butchered the same way as animals

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Yes, We should Celebrate Columbus Day

• What Columbus did to the native Indians were
  wrong, but can we blame him?
• Was he aware of what he was doing?
• Do we take the bad with the good?

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No, we should not celebrate Columbus Day

• Did he discovered America, no!
• Never set foot on American soil
• Natives were already here
• He discovered nothing

www.aeat.co.uk/corporate/ contact/amrsites.htm
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No, we should not celebrate Columbus Day

• Jack Weatherford, Anthropologist
• 1,200 Taino Indians sent to Spain
• Parades through the streets of Seville
• Sold as slaves in 1495

memory.loc.gov/.../ndlpedu/collections/
person/thinking.html
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No, we should not celebrate Columbus Day

• Lust for gold
• Forced natives to work as slaves
• Natives were beaten, raped, tortured and killed
• To celebrate Columbus Day is to celebrate a man
  who is responsible for destroying countless lives
  and entire cultures

projects.edtech.sandi.net/.../ genocidewebquest/pa
rt1.html
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Conclusion

• The decision to celebrate or blame Christopher
  Columbus is difficult. Should we celebrate him
  for opening America to the western civilized
  world? Or should we condemned him for beating,
  raping, and killing of native Indians? The
  decision is yours.

www.vusd.k12.ca.us/washington/ decision.html