U.S. History
Mr. Boothby
9/4/2015
The Learning Target
: THE IMPACT OF DISCOVERY
Black Death of 1347 meets the Americas/ Columbian Exchange/ Exploration
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE ACTIVITY#1
BINDER CHECK #1…
Moved to MONDAY due to
the short week/weekend!
Reaction (2 Pages MINIMUM!)
Why do you think it was so easy for Cortes and his Conquistadores to wipe out the
Aztecs? What were his MAIN methods? Were the Conquistadores “Great Men”?
VIEW THIS QUICK CLIP FIRST!
https://youtu.be/fYj5Pewvkt8
Silently Read Pages 14-24
When Worlds Collide
Hint: @ 2:07
1. From your reading(s) and (Marco Liar Polo BELOW), why were
the explorers trying to reach India in the most effective (fastest) way
possible? What did they want? Do we do this today?
2. What developments from question #1 set the stage for “a
cataclysmic shift in the course of history?” Which do you think were
MOST IMPORTANT in Columbus landing at San Salvador?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DISCUSS ONLY 3 and 4 as you work on your ACTIVITY IN PAIRS!
3. GET A PARTNER AND A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER…
Take the “Global Challenge” FIRST (wait for this one)
4. Discuss/Know: Treaty of Tordesillas, Vasco Nunez Balboa,
Ferdinand Magellan, Juan Ponce de Leon, Francisco
Coronado, Hernando de Soto, Francisco Pizarro, Encomienda
As you are working discuss the following…
Know the “Black Legend,” and to what extent does our text agrees with
it? ADD YOUR IDENTIFIES TO TODAYS LESSON FOR 150 POINTS!
We will FINISH the “Columbia Exchange/Explorers Activity NEXT!!
TURN IN DAILY WORK AND IDENTIFIES CH#1 TODAY!!!
THIS WEEKEND BEGIN CH2 Reading + Identifies and work on PROJ#1
HOMEWORK READING/NEW IDENTIFIES ARE BELOW!
1
SKETCH A MAP FIRST…
GLOBAL CHALLENEGE!
1-
Grab a piece of Tack Board paper.
2Trace the Continents as seen on the board
(do the best you can). This can be tricky free
hand so good luck.
3If you have weak “Art Skills” work on
them now or trace pages xxvi & xxvii in your
textbook.
4-
Color each continent and label it.
5Draw in and label 5 explorer from the
board+ 5 foods from the NEW to the OLD and
from the OLD to the NEW!
2
Must have:
Dias
Da Gama
Magellan
*Know Prince
Henry (Port)
NAME______________
Chapter 02 – The Planting of the English Colonies/Identifies#2 BOOTHBY
Reading: PAGES 25-43
Website link to text:
http://www.washougal.k12.wa.us/whs/teachers/scott.boothby/usHistoryTEXTBOOK.html
Virginia Company:
Iroquois Confederacy:
Squatter:
Primogeniture:
Indentured Servitude:
Starving Time:
Act of Toleration:
Royal Charter:
Slave Codes:
Yeoman:
Proprietor:
Longhouse:
Slavery:
Enclosure:
House of Burgeses:
James Oglethorpe:
John Smith:
Nation-State:
Powhatan:
John Rolfe:
Lord Baltimore – 1694:
Raleigh, Sir Walter:
Oliver Cromwell:
Lord De la War:
Pocahontas:
Indirect Discoverers of the New World
Define: Finland, Crusaders, Venice, Genoa
5. What caused Europeans to begin exploring?
Europeans Enter Africa
Define: Marco Polo, Caravel, Bartholomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama,
Ferdinand and Isabella, Moors
6. What were the results of the Portuguese explorations of Africa?
Columbus Comes upon a New World
Define: Columbus
7. What developments set the stage for “a cataclysmic shift in the course
of history?”
When Worlds Collide
Define: Corn, Potatoes, Sugar, Horses, Smallpox
8. Explain the positive and negative effects of the Atlantic Exchange.
The Spanish Conquistadors
Define: Treaty of Tordesillas, Vasco Nunez Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan,
Juan Ponce de Leon, Francisco
Coronado, Hernando de Soto, Francisco Pizarro, Encomienda
9. Were the conquistadors great men? Explain.
Makers of America: The Spanish Conquistadors
Define: Granada, Moors, "Reconquista"
10. Were the conquistadors' motives successfully fulfilled? Explain.
The Conquest of Mexico
Define: Hernan Cortes, Tenochtitlan, Montezuma, Mestizos
11. Why was Cortes able to defeat the powerful Aztecs?
The Spread of Spanish America
Define: John Cabot, Giovanni da Verazano, Jacques Cartier, St.
Augustine, New Mexico, Pope's
Rebellion, Mission Indians, Black Legend
12. What is the “Black Legend,” and to what extent does our text agree
with it?
MORE BLACK DEATH FROM:
The History Channel ITA:
BLACK DEATH
PART I
PT II
PT III
WHAT IS THIS IMAGE SHOWING???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y_qVG8xnjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_F4vumI520
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jU_9DX67nE
Grab a permission slip for our featured film “The Patriot”
Staring: Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger
SLIPS ARE DUE FRIDAY or before!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjt0jc3za5o
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187393/
A REVOLUTIONARY WAR FILM CLASSIC
RATED THE BEST REVOLUTIONARY WAR FILM EVER!
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