Columbus Day Links
https://www.usa.gov/holidays Jul 14, 2023 “The United States recognizes 12 federal holidays. Learn about federal, state, and cultural holidays celebrated in the U.S. Many government offices and some private businesses close on annual federal holidays. Columbus Day (Second Monday in October)” USA.gov
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/14/232120128/how-columbus-sailed-into-u-s-history-thanks-to-italians Oct 14, 2013 "It's been 521 years since the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus "sailed the ocean blue/in fourteen hundred and ninety-two." Since then, there have been thousands of parades, speeches and statues commemorating Columbus, along with a critical rethinking of his life and legacy." NPR
Indigenous People's Day is a federal holiday now. Activists want to drop Columbus Day Ashley Brown, Lauren Hodges, Emma Bowman
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1045084634/indigenous-peoples-day-is-a-federal-holiday-now-activists-want-to-drop-columbus- Oct 11, 2021 "This year marks the first time a U.S. president has officially proclaimed an Indigenous Peoples' Day observance. But not every state or city broadly recognizes this day in honor of Native Americans." NPR
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays Oct 10, 2022 "Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the public holidays listed in these pages for Federal employees. Please note that most Federal employees work on a Monday through Friday schedule. For these employees, when a holiday falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday)...The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) serves as the chief human resources agency and personnel policy manager for the Federal Government." OPM.Gov
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html Sep 26, 2023 Canada Public holidays for 2023: Thanksgiving Day - Monday, October 9, 2023 Canada.ca
https://theconversation.com/day-of-the-dead-from-aztec-goddess-worship-to-modern-mexican-celebration-124962 Oct 28, 2019 "While Halloween has its origins in pagan and Christian traditions, Day of the Dead has indigenous roots as a celebration of the Aztec goddess of death...Aztec mythology tells that Mictecacihuatl was sacrificed as a baby and magically grew to adulthood in the underworld, where she married. With her husband, she presided over the underworld." The Conversation
Columbus Day Youtube Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tafi_181EA Oct 11, 2021 On your calendars it might say that today is Columbus Day, but as of last Friday, President Biden issued the first presidential proclamation of “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” KCAU-TV Sioux City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efIJuhM58SU&t Jun 6, 2014 Did Columbus really discover America? Get the full story. #AskHistory HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QtmM4EqXZo&t Oct 8, 2017 What is Columbus Day? Why do we celebrate it? Find out the history of the holiday, the 1492 voyage it commemorates, and the controversy it has ignited. National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMfP7vFdumI Oct 6, 2021 Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day: In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas discovering North America for Europeans. Columbus Day was established to celebrate that event but in recent years the holiday has been questioned due to Columbus's treatment of Native People in the Americas. Indigenous Peoples' Day was established to celebrate the culture and history of Native American cultures. The Daily Bellringer Questions below:
1. TRUE OR FALSE: Columbus was sailing west to prove the world was round.
2. What president officially recognized Columbus Day as a holiday?
3. What did Columbus order Native People to find for him?
4. How many states have officially moved from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day?
5. Do you believe states should continue to celebrate Columbus Day? Why or why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_4t-DsWUkU Aug 26, 2010 On January 5, 1502, prior to his fourth and final voyage to America, Columbus gathered several judges and notaries in his home in Seville. The purpose? To have them authorize copies of his archival collection of original documents through which Isabel and Fernando had granted titles, revenues, powers and privileges to Columbus and his descendants. These 36 documents are popularly called "Columbus' Book of Privileges." Four copies of his "Book" existed in 1502, three written on vellum and one on paper. The Library's copy, one of the three on vellum, has a unique paper copy of the Papal Bull Dudum siquidem of September 26, 1493, which extended the Spanish claim for future explorations. Library of Congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWVE4bxbKA Oct 8, 2009 How Columbus Day came to be celebrated. HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VSduxgT6U Oct 8, 2009 Christopher Columbus is known as many things, but he was also a master businessman. HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8Vd-NZ8Qo&t Nov 7, 2012 Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 to May 20, 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator. In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic from Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new route to India. Between 1492 and 1504, he made a total of four voyages to the Caribbean and South America and has been credited for opening up the Americas to European colonization. Biography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3dgiDreGc&t Oct 13, 2014 Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage. But was he an intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruthless exploiter who brought colonialism and slavery? And did he even discover America at all? Alex Gendler puts Columbus on the stand in History vs. Christopher Columbus. Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Brett Underhill. TEDEd View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-christopher-columbus-alex-gendler
Do you believe people and states should continue to celebrate Columbus Day? Why or why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMfP7vFdumI Oct 6, 2021 Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day: In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas discovering North America for Europeans. Columbus Day was established to celebrate that event but in recent years the holiday has been questioned due to Columbus's treatment of Native People in the Americas. Indigenous Peoples' Day was established to celebrate the culture and history of Native American cultures. The Daily Bellringer Questions below:
1. TRUE OR FALSE: Columbus was sailing west to prove the world was round.
2. What president officially recognized Columbus Day as a holiday?
3. What did Columbus order Native People to find for him?
4. How many states have officially moved from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day?
5. Do you believe states should continue to celebrate Columbus Day? Why or why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3dgiDreGc&t Oct 13, 2014 Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage. But was he an intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruthless exploiter who brought colonialism and slavery? And did he even discover America at all? Alex Gendler puts Columbus on the stand in History vs. Christopher Columbus. Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Brett Underhill. TEDEd View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-christopher-columbus-alex-gendler
1. What distinguished the colonial practices of slavery and warfare from those that Native Americans had engaged in among themselves?
2. Why might Native Americans living today be uncomfortable with Columbus Day as it has been celebrated through most of the 20th century?
3. Do humanity’s moral standards change with time, or are there certain things that would shock people in any era?
4. Who were the first Europeans to visit the Americas?
5. What was Columbus trying to find in his expedition?
6. What is the official status of Columbus Day in the United States?
7. How did Columbus's governorship of the Hispaniola colony end?
8. What do some Latin American countries celebrate on holidays like Día de la Raza?
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-christopher-columbus-alex-gendler#review