Downplaying/ Omission 7 by Alison Baier https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7 Making something seem less significant than it is/ Leaving a fact out completely en-us 2016-10-17 11:44:45 UTC 2016-10-17 17:23:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Hi https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233127 2016-10-17 17:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233127 Alyssa Carney https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233217 Omission in Zinn- Zinn did not mention that Columbus had been studying the seas since he was young which would have made him seem more experienced. Also, Zinn did not mention that many of the Indians died from a disease called smallpox. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233217 Owen  https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233335 History Alive didn't mention how many slaves were taken they just said many people.]]> 2016-10-17 17:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233335 Ayana Amin https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233337 Omits- Zinn omits the fact that Columbus came across the unknown lands of North and South America. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233337 Armaan Tewary  https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233376 Omission- Zinn left out the fact that many Native Americans died of the smallpox epidemic. Also, History Alive left out that Columbus took Native Americans as slaves.]]> 2016-10-17 17:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233376 Joseph Li https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233407 In History Alive, it omitted the facts about how Columbus treated the Native Americans]]> 2016-10-17 17:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233407 Lucas  https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233501 Downplaying

History Alive took the fact that Columbus enslave the native very lightly and dose not seem to think that it is very bad]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233501 Max M. https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233509 Downplaying/Omission
Zin left out the fact that Columbus was spreading Christianity to the Americas. History Alive left out that Columbus had taken the native Americans in for slavery. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233509 Bianca Rigg https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233672 Downplay- Zinn didn’t mention how Columbus married a Portuguese woman who was the captain's daughter so then he got easy access of important maps. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233672 Ana Abreu https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233946 Downplaying: Howard Zinn never mentioned any good of Columbus or anything positive he did.

]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233946 Kalen O'Connor koconnor19 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233959 Zinn went more into detail about enslaving all of the Arawaks and kidnapping them for information but History Alive didn't go into much detail about it]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131233959 Allan https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234006 Omission Howard Zinn didn't show any of the good things that Columbus did for Spain, just the bad things.]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234006 Hannah Reo https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234051 Omission:
Howard Zinn did not mention most of the positive things that Columbus had done, while the History Alive leaves out a bad thing that Columbus did, for example, capturing the people as slaves. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234051 Taite Lee https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234109 Downplaying: Zinn uses statements that make Columbus look like an evil person. He uses sentences and words that explain only the bad things Columbus did like he burned down the indians and sold them for slaves.

]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234109 Julia Scirebanchitta https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234362 Downplay/Omission
Zinn didn´t mention any good deeds Columbus achieved. For example, he (rediscovered) America.]]> 2016-10-17 17:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234362 Lauren Orr https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234514 Downplay- When Zinn wrote about how Columbus was the first messenger to the Americans from the civilization of western europe, Zinn included how he was hungry for money in the same sentence. 

]]> 2016-10-17 17:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234514 Ben J. https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234822 Downplaying - Howard Zinn - Made it seem like Columbus was responsible for every Native American death when diseases killed more than he did.]]> 2016-10-17 17:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234822 Yanni Zhuang https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234832 Downplay in Howard Zinn:
“The first man to sight land was supposed to get a large reward, but Rodrigo never got it. Columbus claimed that he has seen a light the evening before. He got the reward.”
Zinn ruins the fact that Columbus "found" America.

]]> 2016-10-17 17:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234832 Harrison https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234884  Downplay -Zinn went into great detail about many things that were bad about Columbus, but downplayed many important facts about  how Columbus did many good things with his life like discover America or helping the kings and queen of Spain.]]> 2016-10-17 17:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234884 Joseph Li https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234928 Zinn downplays Columbus's achievements about how he found land]]> 2016-10-17 17:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131234928 Anonimus https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235099 Omission Howard Zinn didn't show any of the good things that Columbus did for spain, just the bad things. Zinn went more into detail about enslaving all of the Arawaks and kidnapping them for information but History Alive didn't go into much detail about it]]> 2016-10-17 17:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235099 Grace Labarbiera https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235252 Downplay in Howard Zinn: He did not mention any good things that Columbus has done and didn't make it sound as important for example when he didn't mention a big part about Columbus discovering the world was round I think that he did this because he was focused on being against him.]]> 2016-10-17 17:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235252 Jack Krause https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235322 2016-10-17 17:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235322 Lauren Orr https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235580 Zinn Omitts 
-Columbus had a talent for sailing and navigation. 
-It took Columbus 7 years for him to convince the monarchs for him to go. 
-The only tools he had to rely on were his compass and hourglass.
]]> 2016-10-17 17:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235580 Kate Gosen https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235779 History Alive didn't mention that hundreds of Natives were killed during Columbus's expedition. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235779 Kalen O'Connor koconnor19 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235944  He was too vague when he was saying that half of the Arawaks died from suicide or murder but left out completely that they many died of smallpox]]> 2016-10-17 17:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131235944 Ayana Amin https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236265 Downplay- Zinn downplays about the achievements ]]> 2016-10-17 17:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236265 Ben J  https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236526 Howard Zinn downplaying/omission. He only mentioned what a monster Columbus was and nothing he did that was positive. Not even that he ultimately discovered America.]]> 2016-10-17 17:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236526 Caitlyn Kunisch  https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236652
  • Zinn omitted the fact that, Columbus also had goals of finding the mainland and spreading the Christian religion. 

    • ]]>     2016-10-17 17:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236652     Kalen O'Connor koconnor19 https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236689 An example of History Alive omitting something from the text is when they didn’t talk about Columbus being greedy and enslaving the Arawaks]]> 2016-10-17 17:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236689 Jack Krause https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236815 History Live omitted that he enslaved the native american tribes and many died. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131236815 Yanni Zhuang https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131238463 Omission 
    “Columbus made four trips to the Caribbean, finding more islands, as well as the continent of South America."
    History Alive didn't mention what Columbus did to the Arawaks. ]]>     2016-10-17 17:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/DO7/wish/131238463