Lesson plan

Before Columbus: The World of the Lucayans

Lavar Munroe, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, 2011, Digital rendering, 135 in x 34 in. Dawn Davies Collection.
Adaptable to all grade levels

Revisit the story of the Lucayans and Christopher Columbus through visual art. Students analyse how Bahamian artists have depicted this complex historical moment and consider whose stories get told—and how.

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