Episode 19 of 100 · 5-Minute Videos
Did Europe Destroy Native American Culture?
History — Contemporary World Issues · History — American History · History · Economics — American History · Captions
About This Video
It is undeniable that Native Americans suffered terribly after the arrival of European settlers, but was this the result of malice or tragic inevitability? Jeff Fynn-Paul, professor of economic and social history at Leiden University and author of Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World, explores what happened when the Old World met the New.
Standards Met in Ohio
- 7.H.6Grades 7thThe decline of feudalism, the rise of nation-states and the Renaissance in Europe introduced revolutionary ideas, leading to cultural, scientific and social changes.
- AMH.9-12.14.lp.cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify that World War I was fought in Europe and not on American soil.
- AMH.9-12.27.lp.cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify a technology used in the classroom.
- CWI.9-12.10.lp.gGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify historical examples of genocide.
- SS.7.11.lp.bGrades 7thAcknowledge that the Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- SS.7.6Grades 7thThe decline of feudalism, the rise of nationstates, and the Renaissance in Europe introduced revolutionary ideas, leading to cultural, scientific, and social changes.