Exploration and Isolation Essential Questions
When one group suffers, another group prospers.
Essential Questions1) Money was definitely a factor in
European exploration. - Why was money so important to
exploration? - Does money play a part in people
moving or “exploring” today? or does it matter? Specific examples.
2) Europeans had a huge impact on America.
- Do you feel the Europeans coming to America was a positive or a negative? Or both?
- Could it have been done differently? How?
- How would life be different? BE SPECIFIC
3) Isolationism is a concept that has been around for hundreds of years.
- Why did China and Japan isolate themselves?
- Can you predict the outcome if China and Japan didn’t isolate themselves?
- Did it benefit them?- Provide specifics and evidence.
4) “When one group suffers, another group prospers,” is the Big Idea for Exploration and Isolation.
- How does this Big Idea fit this unit?- If you could give this unit a different Big
Idea, what would that be? - Explain using specific examples and
provide evidence.