Week 8

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, mavo
• Leerjaar 2

English

To Do:

Columbus Day

• Listening
• Reading
• Watching

Columbus Day

A Proclamation on Columbus Day

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 11, 2021, as Columbus Day. I direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on the appointed day in honor of our diverse history and all who have contributed to shaping this Nation.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/10/08/a-proclamation-on-columbus-day-2021/

What do you know about...?

Christopher Columbus

Reading

• Read the text and answer questions 1-6
• Individually

Watching

History vs. Christopher Columbus

Watch the video and answer questions 1-6.

You may answer question 6 in Dutch.

indigenous: inheems

imprisoned: in de gevangenis

excessive: buitensporig (extreem veel)

heritage: erfenis

rebellion: opstand

Reading

We're going to read the poem together.

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.......