This assessment focuses on the concept of consequences.
The assessment task is to write a series of three diary/journal entries from the perspective of a traveller to the Americas, documenting the impact over time of the Spanish/English exploration and colonisation of the region.
First your students must focus on the arrival. The next entry focuses on short term consequences of the colonisation.
The final entry asks them to focus on the longer lasting legacy of Spanish or English colonisation of the Americas.