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Explore The New World

USI.4

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Lesson 1

Motivation and Obstacles

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SOL

USI.4a: describing the motivations, obstacles, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English explorations.

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Essential Questions

Why and how do nations compete to extend their power?

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What Do I Know?

Nations compete to extend their power.

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Hook: Leaving Familiar Places

What was it like to leave your elementary school and move to Huntington Middle School? What are your feelings and expectations?

Project:

Explorer (Prince) (Portugal)– Country: Africa– Explorer: Prince Hendry the Navigator– Explored: West Africa– Reason: Economics (Gold, etc)

– 3 Main Reasons for Exploration (ERC)– 1– 2– 38

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MOTIVATING FORCES FOR EXPLORATION (ERC)

Economic:– Gold – Natural resources – Trade

Religious

Competition for empire and belief in superiority of own culture

USI.4A

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OBSTACLES TO EXPLORATION

Poor maps and navigational tools

Disease / starvation

Fear of unknown “?”

Lack of adequate supplies

USI.4A

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North America 1540

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North America 1562

Better?

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Message in a Bottle

You are aboard an early explorer’s ship and you are becoming suspicious of your captain’s ability to get you anywhere safely. Write a message in the bottle about their suspicions and frustrations.

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Lesson 2

Accomplishments

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Hook

illustrate your greatest accomplishment in school, sports, etc. How did accomplishing this make you feel? Share with the class.

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Q: What country is this?

Spain

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Francisco Coronado

Claimed the Southwestern United States for Spain for gold and to spread Christianity.

Regions Explored by Spain

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Q: What country is this?

France

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Regions Explored by France

Samuel de Champlain

Robert La Salle Mississippi

River Valley

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Samuel D. Champlain

Regions Explored by France

Quebec, Canada

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France

Goals/ Reasons:– Furs for trade (Beaver)

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Champlain

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Robert la Salle

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Q: What country is this?

England

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Regions Explored by England

Cabot Map

Eastern CanadaJohn Cabot

USI.4A

Timber that isNeeded to produceMAST for ships tosail

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John Cabot

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Regions Explored by Portugal

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Q: What country is this?

Portugal

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What regions were explored by Portugal?

West Africa

Prince Henry theNavigator

Gold, Salt, Shells

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Write to Learn

Choose 2 of the nations that explored and tell what their accomplishments were.

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Lesson 3

Cultural Interactions

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SOL

USI.4b

Describing the cultural interactions between Europeans and American Indians (First Americans) that led to cooperation and conflict.

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Essential Questions

How does cultural interaction positively or negatively affect people in a region?

How does cultural interaction impact world trade and the economy of regions?

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What Do I Need to Know?

Interaction between cultures can have positive and negative affects on the people in a region.

Cultural interaction impacts world trade and the economy of regions.

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Hook—Asking for Help

Have students share with a partner a time when they had to ask for help with a problem. How was that problem solved?

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CULTURAL INTERACTION

SPAIN

1. Conquered and enslaved Indians

2. Brought Christianity to New World

3. Brought European Diseases to Indians

USI.4B

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CULTURAL INTERACTION

FRANCE

1. Established trading posts

2. Spread Christianity

USI.4B

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CULTURAL INTERACTION

ENGLAND

1. Claimed ownership of land; settlements

2. Learned farming techniques

3. Traded with American Indians

USI.4B

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Cultural Interaction

American Indians1. Taught farming techniques

to European setters2. Believed that land was to be

shared or used but not owned

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AREAS OF COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC INTERACTIONS

1. Europeans brought weapons and metal farm tools (Technologies)

2. Trade

3. Crops

USI.4B

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Columbian Exchange

From America –– Corn– Potatoes– Beans– Chocolate– Buffalo– Beaver– Parrots

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From Europe -

Oranges Onions Sheep Horses Cattle Honeybees Pigs Chickens Diseases (?)

FLU

MEASLES

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AREAS OF CONFLICT

1. Land

2. Competition for Trade

3. Differences in cultures

4. Disease

5. Language Difference

USI.4B

Remember!!!

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European explorers were usually out for the Three G’s:

Gold!God!Glory!

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Write to Learn

Describe areas of cooperation and areas of conflict between the Europeans and American Indians. (Write ½ page)

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QUICK QUIZ

What was Francisco Coronado hoping to find?

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What did John Cabot find?

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What was Samuel de Champlain hoping to find? What settlement did he found?

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Which European nation established settlements?

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Which European nation conquered American Indians?

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Which European nation established Trading Posts?

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French

Which European nation learned farming techniques from American Indians?

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Q: Who claimed this area? (eastern Canada)

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Q: Who claimed this area? (Quebec)

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Q: Who claimed this area? (Mississippi River Valley)

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Q: Who claimed this area? (southwestern United States)

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Lesson 4

Western Africa

Societies

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SOL

USI.4c: identifying the location and describing the characteristics of West Africa societies (Ghana, Mali, Songhai) and their interaction with traders.

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Essential Question

How does cultural interaction impact world trade and the economy of regions?

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What Do I Need to Know?

Cultural interaction impacts world trade and the economy of regions.

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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominated West Africa one after another from 300 to 1600 A.D.

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were located in the western region of Africa, south of the Sahara Desert, near the Niger River.

USI.4C

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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling trade in West Africa.

The Portuguese carried goods from Europe to West Africa, trading metals, cloth, and other manufactured goods for gold.

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Write to Learn

Why did West Africa become so important in the development of the United States?

(Write ½ page)

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QUICK QUIZ

The largest of the 3 empires?

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The precious mineral mined in West Africa?

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The empire after Ghana and before Songhai?

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A seasoning item that was valuable in West Africa?

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What did the Europeans trade for gold?

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