Age of Exploration
Date: Wednesday
April 30
TSWBAT
Warm up: Q&A
Activity: TEST DAY; when completed with the quiz complete
the chart worksheet!
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Page 430-431
• Complete chart using the map
Date: Thursday
May 1
TSWBAT identify reasons for exploration and
explain motives for explorers
Warm up: get out your chart you completed yesterday1) What were the most common areas explorers were
voyaging?
2) What waterways were named after the lead explorers in the
area?
Activity: notes on early exploration
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Exploration and Expansion
• What would cause Europeans to take such
dangerous voyages to the “ends of the earth”
at the end of the 1400’s?- THINK about
motives or new ideas
• They had long been attracted to Asia
• Saw it as exotic and adventurous
• However, conquests by the Ottoman Turks
reduced the ability for Westerners to travel to
the far East by land.
Exploration and Expansion
• If they couldn’t make the trip by land…. They
needed to think of a different route
• Europeans began to think of ways to travel to
Asia and the middle east through waterways.
– Motivated by trade goods such as spices that were
used to preserve and flavor food.
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Cumin
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Ginger
Black pepper
Tea
Chocolate
Cloves
Mustard
Exploration and Expansion
• Not only did explorers desire to increase trade
routes for fine spices, but they also wanted to
spread “religious zeal”
– They wanted to introduce natives to the holy
Catholic Faith
• What was going on in Europe that would motivate
Catholics to spread their religion???
• The third motive for explorers was “grandeur,
glory, and a spirit of adventure”
– News spread quickly of fine metals (including
gold) being uncovered in the Americas.
Chief Motivations for Exploration
“GOD,
GLORY, and
GOLD”
• The Portuguese and Spanish explores took the
lead in discovering new lands.
– White: Spain (led by Christopher Columbus)
– Blue: Portugal (Dias and da Gama)
Portuguese success
• Portuguese traveled to the coast of West Africa where
they found gold
• Later became known as the gold coast
• They also ventured into India and gained powerful
spice trading routes from the Muslims.
• Spain, now jealous of Portugal's success needs to
develop a counter to their increased trade routes.
Blue lines show
travel around
the “Gold
Coast” and into
India and other
parts of Asia
Spain and Columbus
• Educated Europeans Knew
the world was round but
had no idea of its actual
circumference or that land
lay to the west of Europe.
• Christopher Columbus
persuaded Queen Isabella
of Spain to fund an
expedition to the west in
an effort to reach Asia
faster than Portugal, thus
opening up their own
trade routes.
Closure
• What does Columbus Find?
• Where Exactly?
• What can you anticipate
happening as a result of
this discovery?
Date: Monday,
May 5
TSWBAT define a conquistadores, work in
collaborative groups to describe and
explain these explorers and determine
their individual “vision”
Warm up: Write down your own definition of a conquistadordiscuss
Activity: conquistadores activity/ group work
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Date: Tuesday,
May 6
TSWBAT locate the settlements of the
Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas on a map;
navigate the web to study the various
explorers
Warm up: review what we completed yesterday/ map activityget a BOOK– locate the settlements of the Incas, Mayans, and
Aztecs on your map!
Activity: WebQuest; use a computer!
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• computer
• CHECK CLASS ROLL!!!
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Date: Wednesday,
May 7
TSWBAT navigate the web to study the
various explorers
Warm up: PASS BACK WORK!! Review where we left off
Activity: WebQuest
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• WebQuest due
Thursday!!
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Date: Thursday,
May 8
TSWBAT reflect on their WebQuest findings
and explain the positive or negative impacts
the exploration had on the American
population; create a postcard from the POV
of an explorer!
Warm up: time to complete web quest
Activity: write your answer to the reflection questions and discuss
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Date: Friday,
May 9
TSWBAT discuss the explorers and reflect
on their experiences to create their own
“postcard home” to explain their
expedition.
Warm up: Complete discussion of Spanish explorers
Activity: post card home activity
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• Reflection questions
due today in class!
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Reflection Questions:
Aztecs and Cortes
1) What motivated Cortes to seek and explore
Mexico and conquer the Aztec people?
2) What differences can you see between the
Spanish and Aztec civilizations?
3) In your opinion, how would feel if you were an
Aztec at this time. (**THINK about the omens,
the strangers, opposition to your religion,
conquest of gold)
Pizarro and the Incans of South
America
1) Why do you think the Incans were so excited
to see Pizarro's ships and men?
2) Why did they plunge into a civil war? AND
how is this similar to European customs?
3) What type of ruler was Atahuallpa? How is
he similar or different to European Kings?
4) What similarities do you see between the
Incans bodies after death and other
civilizations customs? WHY?!
Orellana and El Dorado
1) What motivated Orellana to leave Pizarro?
Cabeza de Vaca: Ship wrecked
1) What seemed to motivate de Vaca? (of the 3
G’s)
2) What is so different about de Vaca’s story
than the other 3 men? EXPLAIN!
Postcard home
• 1. Choose an explorer. Pretend that you are
this Spanish Conquistador
• 2. create a postcard using an index card to
write a letter home explaining:
– what you saw, experienced and discovered on your
journey.
– What challenges you faced
– What you found when you arrived
– How you were treated by the natives (any
conflicts?)
• 3. Create an image for the front the Postcard
that displays what the area would look like
Date: Monday
May 12
TSWBAT describe the middle passage,
triangular trade, and mercantilism
Warm up: turn in post cards if not already done; answer the
following questions
1. What do you think could be the next step in the colonization of
the Americas?
2. 2. What things can you foresee people in the Americas trading?
Activity: mercantilism wrks; short vocabulary notes
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Mercantilism and Slavery
What primary resource can historians use to
uncover information about the middle passage
and the slave trade?
– Diaries
– Letters
– First hand response
– Ship records
Vocabulary to Define: see page 441-42
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Mercantilism
Balance of trade
Subsidies
Triangular trade (who was involved and what was
the relationship?)
• Middle passage
• When completed with vocabulary in your notes
read and answer the worksheet on mercantilism.
Date: Tuesday
May 13
TSWBAT explain the middle passage from
the POV of a slave and the treatment of
slaves on the middle passage
Warm up: What is the middle passage and how did it effect the
African slaves? PLEASE log onto a computer that you and a
partner will use later in class.
Activity: watch a video clip and answer questions about Middle
Passage; complete reading activity on the middle passage with
a partner
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Video and Activity
• Middle Passage Video
1. Describe the system of “fear” conducted on
the ship.
2. What were the differences between the
Africans and Europeans?
3. Describe the ship quarters for slaves.
4. Why would the slave not be allowed to die?
5. Describe the cruelty of the Europeans.
WebQuest
• Middle Passage: PBS
• Complete the WebQuest using the above
website!
Date: Wednesday
May 14
TSWBAT analyze a video on the middle
passage and the treatment of the slaves on
the middle passage
Warm up: Discuss the WebQuest; Pass out study guide (QUIZ
Friday on Exploration and the Middle Passage)– Study Guide due
when you turn in your quiz~!
Activity: VIDEO
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• Study guide (10
points)
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Video: Conquest of the Americas
• Guns, germs, and Steel- Conquest of the
Americas
Date: Thursday
May 15
TSWBAT analyze a video on the middle
passage and the treatment of the slaves on
the middle passage
Warm up: Discuss where we left off and some of the questions
Activity: VIDEO complete
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• Quiz tomorrow!!!
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Date: Friday
May 16
TSWBAT analyze a video on the middle
passage and the treatment of the slaves on
the middle passage
Warm up Time to review for any questions!
Activity: Quiz
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Video
• Guns, germs, and Steel- Conquest of the
Americas