Global Awareness; Approach to teaching Western Hemisphere
Ideas to think about, examine
Today’s complex food distribution chain
Pick a food (a spice) find out about the market for that food, the history
Spices were the first globally traded product
Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Oranges< Apples, bananas, chocolate
(Link: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/spices-how-search-flavors-influencedour-world)
(http://urbanext.illinois.edu/food/)
What is a globally “traded” product today? List several.
What motivated globalization?
What is the forst example of globalization>\?
What is globalization?
How can we categorize global events?
Climatic? Geological? Economical? Political? Technological?
Which are controlled by humans? Which are out of human control?
Was Magellan Worth Defending?
As I read the question ask, ”Was he ever put on trial?” I might ask, “Was Magellan a
villain or a hero?”
Cover Picture
1) So as I looked at Magellan’s picture, I want to know what the Latin means
Hook
a) How does Magellan’s experience and leadership compare with other explorers?
Why was sailing around the globe so important?
What would be the important leadership qualities to accomplish this particular
task?
Would the qualities be the same for all tasks?
How will we use this list to determine whether or not he was “worth defending”?
Background:
Use it as an overview for a unit of study. The students need a ton of background
information to really understand the context of Magellan’s world.
Maybe have the students research different aspects of the background essay and
expand on it.
a) Economics: Craving for spices
b) Geography: Spice Islands, Strait or river through Americas
c) History (biography) Magellan’s life context, influences, connections, (Spain and
Portugal) motivations, passions
d) Politics, Imperialism, Exploration: Portugal, Spain compete
e)
f)
g)
h)
Geography: Navigation during 15th century
Transportation: Life on a trading ship
Geography: Philippines, Circumnavigation,
Indigenous People: Philippines
Maybe have students trace the route on a giant laminated map
It says he started with 200+ men and returned with 18. But he died long before they
returned home. Were most of those men lost under his watch or after he died?
Questions:
Background:
What motivated Magellans exploration?
Why did Spain support him
How did his Portuguese citizenship help or exacerbate the situation?
Why are Spain and Portugal competitors?
What is the big deal about spices?
How did spices change the world?
What other products have changed the world?
What drives the global economy today? Throughout history
Cool trivia: Francesco Pegolotti wrote hand book of Merchant’s wisdom in the
1340ish and Magellan used it a guide.
Document A: Magellan’s Voyage
Big ideas:
Geography: Spice Islands the Moluccas then and now
Cloves, nutmeg, effects of trade on Indigenous peoples
Climate: Currents and Trade Winds
Magellan’s knowledge of navigation
How did sailors navigate during the 15/16th century
Age of Discovery
Other explorers during this time
Document B: The Easter Mutiny
Crew members and first hand accounts; reading and deciphering
Conflict between Spain and Portugal: effect on Magellan’s relationship with mostly
Spanish crew
Document C: The Strait of Magellan (map)
Geography of the Straits of Magellan
Journals about crew relations: make a movie about the mutinies and
discontentment’s citing primary sources (journals)
Fate of the various ships;
Magellan’s skill in negotiating the entire length of the strait is acknowledged as the
single greatest feat in the history of maritime exploration.” (Why?)
Panama Canal
Tierra del Fuego – The Dragon’s Tail
Design of a ship (sails, masts, lookouts, quarters, etc…)
Document D: Sailing the Pacific
Disease, malnourishment
Scurvy
Geography: Guam n the Marianas
Antonia Pigafetta
Document E: The Battle of Mactan
Lapu Lapu: Filipinos national hero: Monument in Manilla; reenactment
Fate of all the ships:
Santiago
San Antonio
Concepcion
Victoria
Island of Cebu: Conversion to Catholicism