Unit 1: Exploration and Colonization

• Warm Up: You have 10 minutes to create your title page for UNIT 1

– Must have the TITLE above

– Picture ideas: boats, water, ocean waves, flags: Italy and Spain, Native American artifacts (tomahawk, spear, feathers)

Anticipation Guide: What will we learn in Unit 1?

• Impact of Columbus’ exploration of the New World

• Relations between European explorers and settlers and the Native Americans

• Impact of European exploration on the Native Americans

• What motivated European explorers to come to the New World?

• Different reasons for the establishment of the 13 colonies

EQ: Was Christopher Columbus a hero or a villain?

- Glue the 4 Statements (and video notes) into your notebook centered under your

EQ.

- On the LEFT HAND side, write AGREE or DISAGREE for each statement

**This is your opinion, so there is no right or wrong answer**

Did Columbus discover America?

• http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/columbus-controversy

• As we watch the video, complete the guided notes

News Articles

• Individual Assignment

• Read two news articles (there are 3 at your groups)

• Complete the graphic organizers as you read

Argumentative Writing

• Write the following statement below your guided notes:

• Christopher Columbus was a _____________.

• Using the information from the video and articles form an argument of whether Columbus was a hero or a villain.

• Give 3 pieces of evidence that support your claim– I believe Columbus is a ____________ because

___________________________

Tuesday September 1, 2015

• Warm Up: Finish your 2 articles and graphic organizer

• Complete the following underneath the articles:

– I believe Christopher Columbus is a _____________.

– Give 3 pieces of evidence from your 2 articles that support your claim of HERO or VILLAIN

• 10 minutes (Graded assignment)

Sources

• What are the 3 sources we used?

• Were they primary or secondary?

• What’s the difference?

• Which is better?

• Vocabulary

PRIMARY SOURCE

Definition:

A source from an eyewitness, someone who was there at the time

the event took place

Examples:

Journals, pictures, videos, interviews, newspapers, government documents

Related Words:

Secondary Sources

Eyewitness

First hand account

Primary Source

Secondary Sources

Definition:

A source created by analyzing and using primary

sources

Examples:

Textbooks

Encyclopedias

Related Words:

Textbooks

Primary sources

Collections

Secondary Sources

EQ: How did the Columbian Exchange impact America and Europe?

Warm Up:

Create a t-chart in your notebook (only the top half) and complete what you know. Examples below:

From America From Around the World

PotatoesTobacco

Silk (China)Horses (Spain)

Soybeans

Silver

RiceOil

Corn

From the Americas

• Dairy, eggs, honey

• Soy Beans

• Corn

• Cotton

• Oil

• Water

• Machines

• Apple and Microsoft

• Aircrafts/Spacecrafts

• Cars (Ford, GMC, Chevy, Cadillac)

From Around the World

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Rubber

• Diamonds

• Wheat

• Rice

• Silk

• Gold

• Cars (Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Ferrari, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche)

The Columbian Exchange• Read your article

• Seats 1, 3, & 5 East to West

• Seats 2 and 4 West to East

– Read your part of the article

– Fill in your part of the chart of produce, animals, and other things introduced by the East to the West or the West to the East.

From Old World to New World From New World

to Old World

From East to WestFrom West to East

The Columbian Exchange

-Horses-Cattle-Pigs-Sheep-Goats-Chickens-- Rice-Wheat-Barley-Oats-Coffee-Sugar Cane

-Citrus fruits-Bananas-Melons-Smallpox-Measles-Mumps-Malaria-Yellow fever-Flu-Whooping Cough-Typhus-Chicken Pox-Common Cold

-Turkeys-Llamas-Alpacas-Guinea Pigs-Maize/Corn-Potatoes-Sweet Potatoes-Peanuts-Tobacco-Squash-Peppers-Tomatoes

-Pumpkins-Cacao/Chocolate-Sunflowers-Pineapples-Avocados-Vanilla

From East to West From West

to East

Reflection:

• World trade impacts our everyday lives. Using what we have learned today and your prior knowledge, explain how trade effects you.

• Example:

– I enjoy eating Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese food. Most of the electronics I use are made in Asian countries (Sony, iPhone).

EQ: What motivated European explorers to come to the New World?• Warm Up: Journal

– What would motivate you to move to a new place? You can make a bulleted list.

• Money• Food• Family• Job opportunities• Get away from people/problems• Need a change of scenery

Explorers Chart• Using your textbook or device, complete the Explorer’s Chart

to discover:

– What countries were leading expeditions

– What were they looking for

– Where did they land and explore- what did they discoverExplorer Country Looking for… Landed/Explored/

Discovered

Columbus Spain India/Trade route Bahamas- Opened the Americasto European exploration and settlement. Columbian trade

Fransisco Pizzaro

Hernán Cortes

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernando de Soto

Giovanni de Verrazano