Thursday, March 11th

Focus of today:

• Finished our lessons on the Great Age of Exploration by learning about Spanish society in the Americas. Also, discussed the importance of Mercantilism in creating weathy, powerful European states.
• Finished out look at the Legacy of the Conquistadors - how could these Christians be so cruel and brutal towards native peoples? Easy - they didn't think of them as people - more like godless, heathen, animals. The differences between the people from the eastern and western hemispheres was vast. Human sacrifice disgusted the Spaniards. This gave more fuel to their fire, however misguided it was. What happened in those years 1492-until really the 20th century was a tragedy of monumental proportions.
• We heard some "Eyewitness" accounts of Human Sacrifice.
• Watched a little of "Apocolypto"
• Watched the beginning of the Military Channel's special on "Cortes"