New Topic - Do we really get on?

L.I.1: To establish our prior knowledge of this topic L.I.2: To look at reasons that people explore.

This topic is all about exploration and the interaction of different people and cultures as new countries around the world were discovered.

STARTER: Do you know the names of any famous explorers? Discuss with a partner and see how many names you can come up with.

TARGET SETTING

As we begin a new unit, I want you to think back to how you worked in Social Studies for the last 10 weeks. Is there anything that you would do differently this term?

Set yourself two or three targets as to how you could improve your work in Social Studies. These should be specific e.g “use my homework diary”, rather than general e.g “do better”.

Prior Knowledge

How many of these key words do you already know?

Write what you think that the word means in the first column. We will them complete the 2nd column once we have learnt a word/ phrase.

Glue this into your SOS book.

Can you identify these people?

A B

C D

What are these?

E F

Can you identify these people?

A B

Christopher Columbus Capt. James Cook

C D

Hone Heke Queen Victoria

What are these?

E F

The Endeavour – Cook’s The Signing of the Ship Treaty of Waitangi

INTRODUCTION

Over the last 1000 years, explorers and adventurers from all parts of the globe have sought to discover new lands and to explore the limits of the earth as they knew it.

Reasons people explored??

• Over many hundreds of years, many people have explored for many different reasons.

• Exploring, whether by land or ship, wasn’t easy – much less was known about the world, technology was much less advanced, ideas about the world were quite different.

What did people know about the world?

• Have people always seen the world the way we do??

• Have you heard of any different theories about how people saw the world??

Map of the World Today

Map of the Known World 5th Century AD

Islamic Map of the Known World 1154 AD

The Known World Late 1400s

Map of the Known World 1500s

Map of the Known World 1744

Reasons people explored??

• With a partner, can you come up with the list of reasons that people chose to explore.

• We are going to watch some clips that show some reasons. Take notes as you watch.

http://mrgrayhistory.wikispaces.com/UNIT+13+-+THE+AGE+OF+EXPLORATION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3fYF6YvesA

What happened when they discovered new lands?

Can you think of any examples, apart from New Zealand, of countries that were “discovered” by explorers?

What happened to the people already living in those countries? Why?