Jacqueline GrantJul 31, 20224 minAriadne - A 19th Century Cuban PlantationOn a clear March day in 1851, on the Cuban sugar plantation called Ariadne, a dance took place. According to the Swedish woman who later...
Jacqueline GrantJun 3, 20222 minThe Not-So-Sweet History of Caribbean SugarIn 1492, when the Spaniards first sailed into the waters of the Caribbean, they not only encountered people and places they did not know...
Jacqueline GrantMay 1, 20213 minPeek Inside Columbus's DiaryThe actual journal written by Christopher Columbus has been lost. What we have is a copy made in the sixteenth century by the friar...
Jacqueline GrantApr 22, 20212 minColumbus and the Capitulation of GranadaI use this image as an opening activity in my class because of the interesting connections it allows my students to make. It gives them a...
Jacqueline GrantApr 11, 20211 minA Word About TimeFor many, many years (as far back as the Middle Ages) when historians and other scholars wrote of specific periods in history, they would...
Jacqueline GrantSep 26, 20202 minA Pre-Columbian Travel DestinationHave you ever wondered where the people who were living in the Caribbean islands when Christopher Columbus arrived came from? Long before...