Part One:  Choose an image.  I would suggest choosing an image from one of the topics that interested you from the book, perhaps one of the native peoples or something you learned about the spread and impact of disease - the topic is wide open.  Begin by Googling the topic - learn all you can... THEN select an image you want to investigate further.

Part Two: Examine the image without any information.  What do you see? Who do you see? What is happening?   Try to make note of all the details you can that appear in this painting.   After spending some time looking it over, read about the author, the context, the image itself.  Go deep!

Part Three: How does a deeper analysis of an image change your view of an era, an event, etc.?

BRING A COPY OF THE IMAGE - BLOWN UP SIZE - with access to your comments about what you observe about the image.  Bring your image to class the first day of American Studies class!

Choose TEN essential events from 1500 to 1600 that made a dramatic difference in this Atlantic encounter.  Illustrate your timeline with pictures of important people and events, highlighting critical moments in this history! Make it something that is both INFORMATIVE and INTERESTING to look at! 

Timelines may be done on a computer or handwritten, AS LONG AS the work you submit is original work. Timelines must be clear and clear and understandable.   

BRING YOUR COMPLETED ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE TO THE FIRST DAY OF AMERICAN STUDIES I!