Read the attached to this week 1 (FILES) “Columbus.PDF” file authored by H. Zinn from Peoples History of the United States, C. Mann’s chapter “Two Monuments” from his book titled 1493, A. Crosby’s “Virgin Soil Epidemics…” and respond to the following questions:
Discussion Forum Topic for week 1: What were some of the deeper biological and environmental in nature issues Columbus’ men met on arrival in the New World? Discuss some of the curiosities… Focus on ecology and microbial world, not culture or first contact.
The format for the forum:
The main post: a three to five-paragraphed narrative introducing your idea or reaction, backed with evidence (use only provided sources with intext citations/quotes/references), and a conclusion. A paragraph is understood to be composed of 5-8 sentences with proper citations, references, and style/grammar. The main post is always due on Thursday.
please use discussion example document for reference of what the post should look like.
You may choose to write in MLA, APA or Chicago for all our writing assignments in this class (discussions and essays). MLA is the most common and known to students. If you don’t know other writing styles and formats – just stick to MLA.