1. D: 11/26/12
A: CLOSE Reading on religion in Latin
America
S: What role did religion play in daily
life in Latin America?
H: Complete the constructed response
w.o.d: None
Warm-Up: Test Review

2. CLOSE Reading
• Read silently at your desk – “An old world
religion in a new world.”
• Follow along silently as I read it out loud.
• Answer the following questions as a group:
– Remember to find evidence to support your
answer.
– It is o.k. to disagree with others, as long as
you can provide evidence for your answers.
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3. Discussion Questions
1. According to the text, what did the Europeans bring
with them to the ‘New World?’
2. According to the text, what does it mean that
‘religion permeated all of life for Europeans (line
5)?’
3. According to lines 12-23, what is the myth of the
Reconquista?
4. According to lines 24-31, how did the Spaniards
bring their religion? What evidence does the text
provide?
CPDD K-12 Literacy Social Studies

4. Constructed Response
5. What does the author mean in lines 32-33
when they state “these men were not
hypocrites?”
6. Do you agree with the authors claim, “these
men were not hypocrites”, why or why not?
Explain your answer using text from the
reading.
– Remember to SITE your text in the writing
– Use the paragraph format!

5. Constructed Response Example
In the reading, An old world religion in a new world it is
stated that “religion permeated all of life” (Line 5), which
accurately describes colonial Latin America. During the Spanish
colonization there was “no distinction between religion and
politics or religion and economics” (Line 6). The government
officials ruled based on the teachings of the bible and collected
taxes from the people for the church to gain power. The Spanish
further went on to convert the local Native American tribes to
Roman Catholicism ending their own native religions. These
Spaniards were clergy and soldiers (Line 32) whom “became
incensed when the inhabitants of the land could not perceive the
superiority of Christianity,” (Line 34) thus forcing conversion with
violence when they believed it necessary. It is because of religions
role in politics, economy and war that it did “permeate all of life”
in colonial Latin America.
CPDD K-12 Literacy Social Studies

6. Constructed Response
6. Do you agree with the authors claim, “these
men were not hypocrites”, why or why not?
Explain your answer using text from the
reading.
– Remember to SITE your text in the writing
– Use the paragraph format!