Kristen Hood
grade Social Studies
Lesson Plans August 18-22
8th
Monday August 18, 2014
Essential Question: How did the search for a water route to Asia affect both Europe and America?
Learning Target: I can explain how the search for a water route to Asia affected both Europe and
America.
Vocabulary: Religious Diversity, economic freedom, interdependency
Tuesday August 19, 2014
Learning Target: I can identify key Spanish explorers.
Chapter 2 section 2
Create a foldable.
Wednesday August 20, 2014
Chapter 2: Section 1 and 2
I can identify key Spanish explorers.
FOLDABLE
MAP activity with ROUTES
Thursday August 21, 2014
Chapter 2: Section 2
I can describe how the Spanish were able to defeat the empires of the Aztecs and the Incas.
Explorers: Cortes/Pizarro/De Soto etc
FOLDABLE
Friday August 22, 2014
Chapter 2: Section 2 and 3
Learning Target: I can complete a quiz over early Spanish explorers.
QUIZ
GROUP WORK: draw illustrations/finish foldable/2.3 handout