I have experimented with a wide range of summer assignment ideas over the past decade. The course has changed, my population has changed and the summer assignment has changed. This year it is a simple writing sample so I can get a sense of their historical thinking skills. '
“What elements of the 1893 painting of Christopher Columbus landing in New World can be used to explain the causes and consequences of European voyages of exploration?
1893 painting of Christopher Columbus landing in New World (Prang Educational Co.)