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Age of Exploration

Page history last edited by Jill Ward 8 years, 1 month ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday December 15th:

Prince Henry the Navigator

Questions

Website:

http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/princehenry.htm

After you answer the questions - research to find 10 more interesting facts about Prince Henry! 

Write them in your own words in complete sentences after your last question.

Save this to your SS H drive in your Exploration folder name it Prince Henry the Navigator. 

 

 

Explorer Trading Card Project:

Project Details 

Helpful websites of the explorers:
http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?page=explorers

http://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/type/age-of-discovery/

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/

 

Trading Card Generator:

 http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php

 

 

 

Quiz - Friday January 8th

Prince Henry the Navigator & Map Skills

Practice Map

 

 

 

Quiz - Thursday January 14th

Explorers & Vocabulary

What to study:

Explorer Information

Vocabulary

 

 

 

CW - Tuesday January 19th

1. Complete worksheet "What's for Dinner?"

2. Use Smart board lesson:

    Columbian Exchange

   To fill in worksheet:

   "5 W's of the Columbian Exchange"

 

 

 

CW - Weds. January 20th

Use the following Smart board lesson 

Columbian Exchange 2

Fill in the graphic organizer for New World & Old World

Analyze your favorite dinner - where are your ingredients from? 

 

 

 

Thursday January 21

Seeds of Change Web Quest

Open the document, use the links within to answer the questions. 

Answer in thorough, complete, well written sentences. 

Either answer on the question document or on a new one. Your choice! 

Save to the Exploration folder in your SS H drive. 

 

 

 

Friday January 29th - The Columbian Exchange

Study Guide - given out in class Weds. 1/27

Notes to Study:

Worksheet #3

Worksheet #4

 

 

 

 

Wednesday February 3rd:

Group Research - Conquering of the Aztecs & Incas

Aztecshttp://www.ducksters.com/history/aztec_empire/spanish_conquest.php

          http://www.livescience.com/39238-hernan-cortes-conqueror-of-the-aztecs.html

 

Incas: http://www.spanishwars.net/16th-century-conquest-inca-empire.html

          http://project-history.blogspot.com/2005/10/spanish-conquest-of-inca-empire.html

 

Use the above websites to help you or search for your own to use.

Work together to compare & contrast the conquering of both civilizations. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework Assignments for Exploration:

December 15th - Worksheet: Intro to Exploration - Research! Explain why & be thorough! 

January 20th: 

Worksheet: Painting Analysis

Links to see the paintings in color:

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b49000/3b49400/3b49489r.jpg

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3f00000/3f03000/3f03700/3f03750v.jpg

 

 

 

 

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Origins of Plants, Animals, Ideas & Technologies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The Golden Age of Pirates:

 

Web Quest:

questions

Use the following site to help you answer the questions:

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-pirates.htm 

 

 

Masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia., on Sept. 23, 2012.

 

Article:

http://world.time.com/2014/01/06/did-2013-mark-the-end-of-somali-piracy/

Group Activity: 

Questions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu of Pirate Activities - pick any 3 to complete!

List:

http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates-list.php 

 

 

 

 

Use these sites to fill in your notes!

http://public.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site19/

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/american-indians/essays/columbian-exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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