compare/contrast

1. Name:___________________________________
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Directions: As you read please p. 131-135 respond to the following:
1. Las Casas’ beliefs about 2. Las Casas’ beliefs about
Native Americans prior to Native Americans after 1512
1512 and ACTIONS that he took
3. (p. 134) Why did Sepulveda’s point of view differ from Las Casas?
4. (p. 134-135) How did Las Casas respond?

2. Name:________________________________________
1. How did Las Casas’ treat 2. How did Las Casas’ treat
Native Americans prior to Native Americans after 1512?
1512? What ACTIONS did he take?
Father bought him a Native slave after Became a priest and was convinced by words
returning from a journey with Columbus from the Bible that the enslavement of Natives
was unjust.
Enslaved them in the New World
1514: famous sermon on the injustices of
slavery
pleaded for the end of slavery for the rest of his
life (lived to be 92)
attempted a colony for free people –
unsuccessful (present day Venezuala)
wrote books detailing the atrocities against
Native Americans
advised King Charles and helped write laws
that protected Natives
3. (p. 134) Why did Sepulveda’s point of view differ from Las Casas?
Based on Aristotle’s theory it was natural for some to be masters and
some to be slaves; believed that the Natives were inferior to the
Spanish “as apes to men”
4. (p. 134-135) How did Las Casas respond?
Blamed injustices on greed

3. Directions: In the first part of the music video, you will see several
scenarios. The second part repeats the scenarios with slight changes.
Please record the changes you see while thinking about "Epiphanies."
SAME CHANGE
What was the sudden realization?
1. Family at dinner
2. Woman in mirror
3. Teen looking in fridge
4. Truck leaking oil
5. Shirt with loose thread
6. Girl reading book
7. As the scenarios changed, did the people’s point of views change?
8. What changed their point of view?

4. Directions: In the first part of the music video, you will see several
scenarios. The second part repeats the scenarios with slight changes.
Please record the changes you see while thinking about "Epiphanies."
SAME CHANGE
What was the sudden realization?
1. Family at dinner Young African boy sitting at end of
table without food
2. Woman in mirror Prisoner in closet with hands tied
and head covered
3. Teen looking in fridge War veteran on crutches
(amputee)
4. Truck leaking oil
Singer holding a bird that is
covered in oil
5. Shirt with loose thread
The thread leads to female
laborers from a sweatshop (third
6. Girl reading book world country)
Middle eastern girl crying
7. As the scenarios changed, did the people’s point of views change?
Yes. Answers will vary but should use support statements.
8. What changed their point of view?
Knowledge, awareness, interdependence, other people’s perspectives