5.2.6 Practice: evaluating the Columbian exchange 2. Write: Write a multi paragraph account of how a hypothetical Indigenous community experiences the Columbian exchange. Tell a story in chronological order of the changes that the community undergoes as it and the communities around it make contact with Europeans over a span of roughly 50 to 100 years.

This section is worth 20 points. See the scoring rubric for more details on how you
will be graded

Use the evidence you gathered to tell the story of a hypothetical indigenous
community in the Americas and its experience involving the Columbian Exchange.
Come up with a community whose circumstances are typical of many in Central
America, the West Indies, or another part of the Americas that had direct contact with
Europeans. Tell the story in chronological order, but feel free to skip whole years or
decades so that you can cover each of the important topics related to the activity: the
availability of goods, the effects of disease, and the impact of European culture
(language and religion, for example), at the very least.

Think of your story as more of a summary than a work of fiction; you must cover a
large span of time in few words. Base the details of the story on factual evidence and
cite your sources, but keep in mind that the text should be written as a story, not as
an essay with a conventional introduction, body, and conclusion. Aim for about 700
to 1,200 words.