Columbus Day
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July 10, 2020Columbus Day
- In describing your celebratory ideas to your director, you need to identify why you’ve chosen to celebrate Columbus day in the manner that have decided.
- A thesis statement indicating whether Columbus Day should still be a holiday in the modern world.
- How this day should be commemorated based on the evidence provided in your research. You must include at least two sources in your persuasive proposal.
- You must include why you have decided on your specific ideas and how they will impact the individual’s involved, i.e Americans, Native Americans, students, citizens, etc..
- Refute the opposition to solidify your point of view.
- You must take on the role of a committee member and address the issue with a professional attitude, which includes language usage and grammar.
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Phase 1: During this initial phase you will brainstorm how we currently celebrate Columbus Day. You will then read about how we celebrated Columbus Day in the past. This will help you answer the question, What does Columbus Day means in the United States?
Brainstorm: How do we celebrate Columbus Day today? What does Columbus Day represent? What does it mean? List five ways that we either celebrate the day, remember Christopher Columbus, remember the discovery of America, and remember the colonization of America.
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After you’ve thought about five ways that we commemorate Columbus and his accomplishments today, you’ll start some preliminary research on Columbus Day. This first article will give you background information on Columbus and give insight on
what Columbus Day means in the United States. An additional website provides more information about how Columbus Day first arose in the United States and
how we celebrate Columbus Day.Answer these questions to guide you in your reading process:
1. How was Columbus commemorated at the World’s Fair in 1893 (webpage 1)?
2. Why do you think it was important to view Columbus in this light in 1893 (webpage 1)?
3. What does Columbus day mean in the United States (webpage 1 and 2)?
