Transcript Explore and Conquer

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?
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Project:
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Explorer (Prince) (Portugal)
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Country: Africa
Explorer: Prince Hendry the Navigator
Explored: West Africa
Reason: Economics (Gold, etc)
3 Main Reasons for Exploration (ERC)
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USI.4A
MOTIVATING FORCES FOR
EXPLORATION (ERC)
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Economic:
– Gold
– Natural resources
– Trade
Religious
Competition for empire and belief in
superiority of own culture
USI.4A
OBSTACLES TO
EXPLORATION
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Poor maps and navigational tools
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Disease / starvation
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Fear of unknown
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Lack of adequate supplies
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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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Regions Explored by Spain
Francisco
Coronado
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Claimed the
Southwestern
United States
for Spain for
gold and to
spread
Christianity.
Q: What country is this?
France
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Samuel de
Champlain
Regions Explored by France
Robert La
Salle
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Mississippi
River Valley
Regions Explored by France
Quebec,
Canada
Samuel D.
Champlain
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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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USI.4A
Regions Explored by England
Cabot Map
Eastern Canada
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Timber that is
Needed to produce
MAST for ships to
sail
John Cabot
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 the
Navigator
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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USI.4B
CULTURAL INTERACTION
SPAIN
1. Conquered and enslaved Indians
2. Brought Christianity to New World
3. Brought European Diseases to Indians
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CULTURAL INTERACTION
FRANCE
1. Established trading posts
2. Spread Christianity
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CULTURAL INTERACTION
ENGLAND
1. Claimed ownership of land; settlements
2. Learned farming techniques
3. Traded with American Indians
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Cultural Interaction
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American Indians
Taught farming techniques
to European setters
Believed that land was to be
shared or used but not
owned
USI.4B
AREAS OF COOPERATION IN
ECONOMIC INTERACTIONS
1. Europeans brought weapons and
metal farm tools (Technologies)
2. Trade
3. Crops
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Columbian Exchange
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Corn
Potatoes
Beans
Chocolate
Buffalo
Beaver
Parrots
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Oranges
Onions
Sheep
Horses
Cattle
Honeybees
Pigs
Chickens
Diseases (?)
FLU
MEASLES
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USI.4B
AREAS OF CONFLICT
1. Land
2. Competition for Trade
3. Differences in cultures
4. Disease
5. Language Difference
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Remember!!!
 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
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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?
French
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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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USI.4C
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
dominated West Africa one after
another from 300 to 1600 A.D.
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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were
located in the western region of
Africa, south of the Sahara Desert,
near the Niger River.
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
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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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