What one item would be the most impactful trace or piece of evidence from your life?  If this one item was left behind, a historian could use it to understand who you were.

 

Look around your house, your room, your locker…..who are you?  Pick one item/artifact that you deem to be historically significant.  Take a picture of it to share.  Describe in words what it is and its connection to who you are.

 

Part Two: Share

You will share your artifacts in a discussion by answering the questions below using the concept of Historical Significance.

• What impact does this item have on you?
• Did it result in long lasting change or consequence?
• What does it tell us (reveal) about you?
• How does it shed light on an issue of interest or your time period?
• What impact does it have on you today?  

The narrator of the account in document 2 explains,

“Their dogs are enormous, with flat ear, and long, dangling tongues. The color of their eyes in is burning yellow; their eyes flash fire and shoot off sparks.”

Which statement below best explains the historical significance of that description?

◯ A. This passage helps historians understand the implications of both the biological and technological exchange that occurred at the time the Spaniards arrived in America.

◯ B. This passage reveals how the native Americans looked down on the Spanish as weak and soft, because they seemed lazy and lacked physical fitness.

◯ C. The natives could relate to the newcomers, due to the similarity of their animals, which shows the universality of the human experience.

◯ D. This passage provides proof that the indigenous people of what is now Mexico were much shorter than Euoropeans of that time.

I need all of these questions answered please