Unit prompt
Unit:
Age of Humanism
Purpose: One Big Idea
The Italian Renaissance was a rebirth of learning that gave birth to individualism that created the drive for
global exploration and human rights.
Social Studies Standard
SS-HS-2.1.1 Students will explain how belief systems,
knowledge, technology and behavior patterns define
cultures and help to explain historical perspectives and
events in the modern world.
Relationship to Unit
The rebirth of education in the western world
creates a drive for Europeans to develop ideas and
technologies that lead to the development of human
rights.
SS-HS-2.2.1 Students will explain how various human
needs are met through interaction in and among social
institutions (e.g., family, religion, education,
government, economy) in the modern world
With the rebirth of education in Europe that leads to
the development of humanism, Europeans looked to
change the government institution that was
interwoven with the Catholic Church in order to
create a system that supported the individual right
to choose.
During the Renaissance many people sought to make
it possible for all men to have the right to education
and to ask questions about the government and
religious establishment that isolated Europe from
the rest of the world for generations.
The European Renaissance encouraged many to seek
new forms of wealth and culture in other parts of
the world. In order to accomplish this feat,
Europeans created technologies and political
philosophies to help them achieve high levels of
wealth and to justify their motives.
SS-H-5.3.1 – During the Renaissance and
Reformation, humans began to rediscover the ideas
of the Classical Age and to question their place in
the universe.
SS-HS-5.3.2 Students will explain and give examples of
how new ideas and technologies led to an Age of
Exploration by Europeans that brought great wealth to
the absolute monarchies and caused significant political,
economic and social changes (disease, religious ideas,
technologies, new plants/animals, forms of government)
to the other regions of the world.
SS-HS-5.1.1 Students will use a variety of tools (e.g.,
The use of primary and secondary sources help
students gain a real life perspective on how the past
primary and secondary sources, data, artifacts) to
analyze perceptions and perspectives (e.g., gender, race, is connected to the present.
region, ethnic group, nationality, age, economic status,
religion, politics, geographic factors) of people and
historical events in the modern world (1500 A.D. to
present) and United States History (Reconstruction to
present). D
Lesson Title
The Renaissance
Main Ideas
1. Identify the values and ideas prized during the
Renaissance
2. Explain the impact of Humanism
3. Analyze the importance of the printing press
The Reformation
1. Analyze historical forces and religious issues that
sparked the Reformation
2. Describe Martin Luther’s role in changing the
Church
3. Discuss the impact of the Reformation on the
Western World
1. Analyze the factors that led to European
exploration
2. Describe how trading empires were established
3. Discuss Spanish and Portuguese impact on the
Americas
1. Identify French, English, and Dutch colonial
activities in North America
2. Summarize competing clams in North America
3. Describe Native American response to Europeans
1. Summarize the evolution of the Atlantic Trade
Network
2. Discuss the consequences of the Atlantic Slave
Trade
Iberian Exploration
North American Exploration
Columbian Exchange
Lesson Title
The Renaissance
The Reformation
Iberian Exploration
North American Exploration
Columbian Exchange
Assessments
Formative (quizzes, worksheets, ect)
Summative (Unit Exam)
Quiz
10 Questions
10 Questions
10 Questions
10 Questions
10 Questions
Points
10
10
10
10
10
Points
100
50
Homework
Daily sheet/ Art Critique
Daily Sheet/ Dante’s Inferno
Daily Sheet/ Explorer’s check list
Daily Sheet/ NA Explorers Chart
Daily Sheet/ Trade Map
Points
10
10
10
10
10
Lesson Plan Prompt
Unit:
Age of Humanism
Lesson:
North American Exploration
Section:
Pages:
Date:
Purpose of the Lesson:
Spain’s successful colonization efforts of the New World encouraged other European countries, such as
England, France, and the Netherlands, to obtain their own colonies in the Americas. The wave of colonization
created a competition between European countries that set the stage for conflict that stretched across the
globe. Europeans went to great efforts to secure their right to control trade routes and colonial empires.
Objectives:
1. Identify French, English, and Dutch colonial activities in North America
2. Summarize competing clams in North America
3. Describe Native American response to Europeans
I Can . . .
Know the result of Native Americans dying from
Answer the I can as if it were a question
disease on the colonists.
Identify the main economic activity in New France.
Discuss the importance of the Seven Years’ War
Essential Question – Answer in no less than 3 sentences
What was a basic difference between French and British attitudes about the land the acquired in North
America?
Terms
New France
Jamestown
Pilgrims
Puritans
New Netherlands
French and Indian War(Seven
Years War)
Metacom
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Procedure:
Day 1
1. Fill out the daily sheet then begin reading the assigned pages while attendance is taken.
2. Class discussion on the objectives and I can statements: How do you think they are related to each other?
3. Class lecture/discussion and the importance of the North American Exploration
4. Discuss possible answers to the Essential Question
5. Homework – I can Statements and Vocabulary
Day 2
1. Discuss the ‘I can” Statements and their relationship to the objectives.
2. Work on and complete Reading guide
3. Work on and complete North American Colony Chart
4. Answer Essential question through a class discussion
Day 3
1. Check off work from Lesson 4
2. Lesson Quiz
3. ACT preparation Reading assignment
Assignments:
1. Daily Sheet
2. Reading Guide/ Dante’s Inferno
3. Lesson Quiz
ACT Preparation Reading Assignment
Points
5
5
10
5
Due Date
Age of Exploration
Prompt:
The success of Spanish Colonization encouraged the British, French, and Dutch to establish their own
colonies in the New World. However, all three had different intentions on how to establish colonies and
deal with the natives.
Directions
In the Chart, fill in the location of each settlement and the main reasons for its establishment
Rubric:
In order to receive credit the chart must include the following:
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A detailed explanation of where the colony was located. This includes east, west, north, and
south borders, major rivers, mountain ranges, major bodies of water, major trade posts.
A detailed description of why the European Country established a colony in this particular
area of North America. This description needs to include trade items and the relationship with
the natives.
Name of Settlement
New France
New Netherland
Massachusetts Bay
General Location
Reason for Establishment
North American Colonization Reading Guide
Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1. Why did Giovanni da Verrazzano sail to America? What was the result of his expedition?
2. Who was the Louisiana territory named after? What was the purpose for the French colony along the
Mississippi River?
3. What were two reasons for English colonization in North America?
4. How were the colonies of Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay different?
5. How were Dutch and French colonies different from English colonies?
6. Describe the reasons for conflict between the British and the Dutch.
7. What role did Pirates play in the colonization of the new world?
8. The French and Indian war was part of what other global war?
9. What was one reason the English defeated the French in North America? What was the final result of
that defeat?
10. Why did the issues of land and religion cause strife between Native Americans and settlers?