Human Interest

Here's the video we watched in class.

Thoughts to keep in mind:

1) How did Latin America change after the arrival of the Spanish? (Consider what was, and what happened after)

2) Case Example: What's the mita system? In what ways did it change? In what ways did it remain the same? 

3) How was the silver of places like Potosi connected to global events? (Think beyond trade, what else was impacted?) 

Check out these great examples of Catholic and Protestant propaganda from the era of the Protestant Reformation.

Here's another greater site that analyzes 2 propaganda pieces. This time the subject matter involves direct responses to one another.

Check out the Protestant version of the 7-headed Anti-Christ vs. the Catholic version of the 7-headed Anti-Christ. 

Holy maloo! Talk about a modern connection to WHAP content!

Check out this article and think about what parallels exist between today's twitter indulgences and those of Martin Luther's 16th century protestant reformation.

 

An interesting website with some primary source materials. It is a little US/Eurocentric.