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Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day for grades 6-8: a historically accurate, balanced mini unit with readings, a route map, Taíno perspectives, a 5-lock escape room, an explorer foldable, and a 17-slide deck. Print and Google Slides. Students study the 1492 voyage, the Taíno world and Taíno resistance, the Columbian Exchange, and why communities mark the second Monday in October as Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, or both. What's included (23-page PDF + 17-slide PPTX):

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