Wednesday, September 24, 2013
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We will be using several resources in order to
answer the journal question and to have a
better understanding of European
Exploration and its effects on the United
States.
At the end of this discussion (today or
tomorrow), you will write an essay in
response to the question. So make sure you
pay close attention and write down the
information!
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Step One: We’ll do this together in our
interactive notebook!
Step Two: Also done together in our
notebook. Examine each document and
answer all questions in your notebook. You do
not have to write the questions in your
notebook, but you must include the question
stem in your answer.
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Step Three: You will describe two effects,
positive or negative, resulting from European
Exploration in the United States. Refer to at
least four of the documents to support your
ideas.
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A rubric will be provided on the writing day
 Outline
▪ Paragraph One: Topic Sentence, Body: What happened?
What was the effect? (Use textual evidence from the
documents you have analyzed). Wrap up sentence.
▪ Paragraph Two: Topic Sentence, Body: What happened?
What was the effect? (Use textual evidence from the
documents you have analyzed).
▪ Wrap Up Sentence.
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The Age of Exploration was a time period
that brought two previously isolated worlds
together. European explorers caused great
and lasting changes for both the Old and the
New Worlds. Most would agree that
European exploration of the Americas had
both beneficial and harmful effects.
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Photo One: Conquistadors cutting the hands of Native
Americans for not meeting their gold quota.
Question One: Why did the
Spanish cut the hands off of
the Natives?
Question Two: What was the
relationship between the
Spaniards and Native
Americans at the time of this
image?
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Question One: How does
this image show the
change in lifestyle
experienced by the
Native population when
the Europeans declared
the Americas as a
colony?
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Question One: How
does this image
show the lifestyle
of Native
Americans prior to
European
Exploration?
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“But even the black death can’t compare to the devastation of the native peoples
of North and South America. Hit by wave after wave of multiple diseases to which
they had utterly no resistance, they died by the millions. Disease spread from the
paths of explorers and the sites of colonization like a stain from a drop of ink on a
paper towel. In fact, in North America, disease spread faster than European
colonization. When Hernando de Soto explored the Mississippi Valley in the early
1500s he found large, thriving cities connected by trade networks. By the time
Rene Robert de La Salle followed de Soto’s footsteps in the 1680s, those cities had
evaporated.” - David Walbert: Disease and Catastrophe
Question: Why did so many native people die in the
Americas after contact with Europeans explorers?
Question: What evidence is offered by the author to
show that millions of Native Americans died from
disease?
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“Three days after I captured this city, some of the Indians who lived here
came to offer to make peace. They bought me some turquoises and
poor mantles, and I received them in His Majesty’s name with as good a
speech as I could, making them understand the purpose of my coming
to this country, which is, in the name of His Majesty and by the
commands of Your Lordship, that they and all others in this province
should become Christians and should know the true God for their
Lord…” – Coronado’s Report to Viceroy Mendoza- August 3, 1540
Question: According to Coronado’s report,
what was the purpose of his coming to
North America?
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“I gave to them some red caps, and to others glass beads,
which they hung about their necks, and many other things of
slight value, in which they took much pleasure…They all go
quite naked as their mothers bore them. None of them more
than 30 years old, very well built, of very handsome bodies
and fine faces. They ought to be good servants and of good
skill, for I see that they repeat very quickly whatever is said
to them” – Christopher Columbus, October 12, 1492
Question: What qualities does Christopher Columbus
describe in the Natives?
Question: How does Columbus view his future
relationship with them?
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Which voyage looks like it took the longest
amount of time? Why?
What are some of the main reasons that the
explores wanted to go on these expeditions?
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http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ahon/histor
y_interactive/mvl-1021/common_player.html
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Question: What types of
good were exchanged
between the Old World
and the New World? Why
were they important?
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Question: How did the
Columbian Exchange
impact society in the old
world and the new world?
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What is this map showing? What were some
positive and negative effects of Triangular Trade/
Question One:
What trends do
you notice in
the chart
above?
 Question Two:
What country
seemed to have
the most power
during the time
periods noted
ion this chart?
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What does this graph
show? Why is this
important
information?
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What were some of the original goals of the
European Explorers?