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Why are there two names?

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Some calendars say Columbus Day.
It remembers Columbus’s voyage.
Other places mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day to honor Native peoples, whose homes were here long before that voyage.
The arrival of Europeans brought great harm to Native peoples.
The two names can tell different stories about the same date.

For the grown-up

Use two picture cards to tell what each day name remembers.

Goal: Why are there two names? Use the picture steps; save the child’s response.

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