1. Culture refers to important activities, values and beliefs that are passed down from generation to generation. Mexico city and Cuba were wiped out not only by conquistadors, but also from small pox. Under Spanish rule native culture was forbidden. Leaders were killed, so there was no power structure. Conquistadors killed off the Aztecs and therefore, the culture was changed and reshaped.
2.Student examination #1
I agree with Tara. The Conquistadors stole everything the Natives worked so hard for. Both cultures could have benefited from Freire's teachings and theories. Conquistadors could have applied Freire's theories of value, knowledge and education. This may have saved the Native's lives and their culture.
Student Examination #2
Rebekah stated, The Spaniards were not able to read what was recorded, so they re did it themselves. Under Freire's strategy of conscientization from his project of liberating education expressed in his major work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, education should be liberating and organized as an ongoing process between co-learners. (1) If the the Spaniards and native Indians would have utilized Freire's strategies, cultures would not have been lost and destroyed, and the peoples would not be struggling to this day to find their identities.
(1) http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=1935&C=1719
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