Exploration in the Americas
Guiding Questions1. Why is it necessary to understand relations between Native Americans and colonists?
ActivitiesINTRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
Complete a Waterfall Graphic Organizer illustrating the causes and effects of exploration. Put the causes at the top, the main event in the middle, and the results at the bottom. (See below) Use pages 160-162 in the Passing the TCAP eBook, research and complete a chart on the various explorers. Passing the TCAP ebook http://www.abclearninghub.com/userportal/ Use the explorer profiles to complete an internet scavenger hunt on the explorers (as an alternative, a printed version can be used). Explorer Scavenger Hunt View the powerpoint and complete one or more of the following clozes from Mr. Berlin- Portuguese Exploration, Christopher Columbus, Conquistadors, Search for the Northwest Passage) Explorer Scavenger Hunt (http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/ printables/explorers_hunt.pdf ) Mr. Berlin (http://mrberlin.com/ageofexploration-powerpointpresentations.aspx) REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITES
Edit a letter from a European Explorer. Letter from a European Explorer- (http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/ printables/explorer_letter.pdf ) Write a RAFT paper: Role- Early European Explorer, Audience- Family Member, Format- Friendly Letter, Topic- Your Trip at Sea. Use real explorer letters for guidance. RAFT Paper (http://www.readingquest.org/strat/raft.html ) Explorer Letters (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497cabot-3docs.asp ) Complete the Mount Explorer assignment. Students select four explorers and place their pictures on a mountain (similar to Mount Rushmore) and give reasons (i.e. achievements) why the explorer to be honored on the mountain. Mount Rushmore Activity (http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/ printables/rushmore.pdf) Complete a RAFT paper- Role=explorer Audience=King of a European country Format= email or proposal Task= draft an email or proposal to the King asking for money to fund a exploration venture to the New World. The writing should include motivations/reasons for going, what the money will be used for, and how the venture will benefit the king. Trace the actual route an explorer on a outline map. Then have students write a description of the route taken by the explorer. Take a voyage as a actual European Explorer in the Fantastic Voyage Simulation. Have students list the decisions they made, evaluate their final outcome, and critique what improvements they could have made. Fantastic Voyage (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse /history/voyage.html) REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Using a history frame, identify key information (participants, location, key events, etc.) on the exploration period. History Frame (http://www.readingquest.org/strat/storymaps.html ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Select a European explorer and create a FAKE Facebook page. (http://www.teachone2one.com/teaching-with-technology/facebook-templatefor-education/) Compose a FAKE text message between an explorer and ONE of the following: family member, friend, or the King of their home country. They will explain what they are encountering. Research information on five European explorers and create baseball cards for them. Fact should include date of birth, hometown, and picture of the front, and 3-5 significant facts on the back. Website about Explorers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/ index.shtml European Explorer Pictures
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Age of Exploration
Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Hernan Cortes Hernando de Soto Samuel de Champlain Spanish Conquistadors Intercontinental Exchange Spain Portugal French British Religion
Martin Luther Protestant Reformation John Calvin Calvinism English Reformation Counter Reformation Enlightenment John Locke Spanish Missions European Diseases
Natural Rights Private Property Parliment Salutary Neglect Tennessee
Appalachian Mountains Tectonic Pressure Cumberland Plateau Erosion Long Hunters Hernando de Soto Daniel Boone Wilderness Road |
Explore & LearnGreat Explorer Sites
http://mrnussbaum.com/explorersflash/ Interactive Map: Explorers http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books /applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u2/index.html Explorer Game Links http://www.wartgames.com/themes/explorers.html Explorers: Online Activities http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm Famous Explorer Biographies http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/ explorers.html Explorers of North America http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers /namerica.shtml BBC: Columbus http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople /standard/columbus/index.shtml#focus DeSoto http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ de_soto.htm Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures /cortes_hernan.shtml The Arrival of the Spanish http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/spanish-arrival.html The Fall of the Aztec http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/ cortes/cortes_flat.html John Cabot http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/john_cabot.htm |
Knowledge & Skills
8.5.6 Classify the characteristics of major historic events into causes and effects (i.e., exploration, colonization)
8.3.4 Use various geographic data from maps and globes to determine longitude, latitude, distance, direction.
8.1.03 Identify the role those diverse cultures had on the development of the Americas.
8.3.4 Use various geographic data from maps and globes to determine longitude, latitude, distance, direction.
8.1.03 Identify the role those diverse cultures had on the development of the Americas.
Common Core Connections
WL 2. f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
WL 6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
WL 6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.