Lat. Amer. Col. Lesson 5 Lesson Plan
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Title
Lat. Amer. Col. Lesson 5 Lesson Plan
Subject
Pre-European Contact/First Contact
Description
This lesson is meant to give voice and agency to Indigenous authors who write about the events that occurred during the interactions between Incas and Europeans. Students will have the opportunity to use their critical thinking skills to learn about the perspective of the “colonized” during Latin American colonialism. This lesson examines the work of Guaman Poma, Indigenous author and illustrator—who chronicled the period of the Spanish conquest in both pictography and in alphabetic texts. His voluminous works describe Incan culture and civilization and the role it played before, during, and after the conquest in 1535. In this lesson, students transition from analyzing counternarratives written by Europeans to analyzing those of Indigenous authors. Students will also come to understand the importance of including Indigenous voices and perspectives of the conquest and colonization to fully understand these events in Native History.
Creator
Yesenia Ayala, Valerie Benoist, Deborah Michaels
Language
English
Spanish
Type
Unit Plan
Spatial Coverage
Central America
South America
Temporal Coverage
1400s
1500s
1600s
Audience Education Level
Upper High School
Date Created
2018
Files
Citation
Yesenia Ayala, Valerie Benoist, Deborah Michaels , “Lat. Amer. Col. Lesson 5 Lesson Plan,” Native History Project, accessed April 28, 2026, https://native-history.sites.grinnell.edu/items/show/135.