exploration act it out ch 2 ha2013

Age of Exploration and Columbus

1. Review vocabulary2. HA Intro 2.1: Which way is Columbus pointing?3. Read HA 2.1 and analyze images of monster and Columbus on isl.4. Read 2.2 up through Columbian Exchange5. Do Q2 about Columbian Exchange(skip Columbus Act It Out if doing Brown Gold)

Find the vocabulary terms for

Chapter 2 (p. 25) in History

Alive. Rank each term on a

scale of 1 to 5.

1….…2….…3…....4…....5

1=unfamiliar 5=very familiar

In YOUR textbook (Creating

America), find 1.3. On what

page does it begin?

1. Identify motives behind European exploration of the Americas

2. Explain how Europeans established territorial claims

3. Compare the Spanish, French, English, and Dutch settlements in the Americas

4. Describe the impact on Native Americans and West Africans

How did Europeans explore and establish settlements in the Americas?

Why did they explore?Why did they go WEST?Where did they start settlements?Why did they create settlements?How did they treat the Indians?

This statue is in Barcelona,

Spain. They have Columbus

Pointing to the WEST.

Why is he pointing WEST?

Read the 2.1 Introduction in History Alive.

Analyze picture on p. 24 of HA.

Q1 – Judging by the illustration, what do you think some explorers and sailors feared? What other fears might they have had?

Q2 – Why might explorers and sailors have ventured into the “UNKNOWN”?***

Q3 – What might explorers have done once they found new lands?

***To help them get this: “NASA is looking for 8th graders to go on a spaceshuttle to explore Mars. Why would they go?

1. What do you see here? 2. What are the men carrying? Why are they carrying these items?

3. Who do you think the men in the foreground are? 4. Who might the people on the far LEFT be? What might they be thinking?

1. Read aloud 2.2 “Spain Starts an Empire”

2. Read through Columbian Exchange.

3. Complete Reading Notes Q 2 only.- Illustrate Columbian Exchange. - Give your diagram a title.- Draw and label ALL of the items in the

reading that were exchanged.

1. Learn the expectations for conducting an Act-It-Out.

2. Take on the role of one of the people in the painting.

1. Explain Handout 2A.

2. You are being graded! Take this seriously.

3. Don’t be silly. Don’t use props inappropriately.

4. When you come up, take on the person’s posture and facial expression!

Jump into the picture!

Action!

Conquistadors and “Brown Gold”

1. Brown Gold2. Finish reading 2.2 HA (Cortez and Pizarro)3. Answer Q 1 (2.2)4. End with Hip-Hop US History song(no time for Columbus Act it Out if doing Brown Gold)

Think back to 7th grade and 5th grade S.S. . . . What did Columbus bring back to Spain from his first voyage?

-Parrots-Spices-Indians-Gold

Answered

1. Identify motives behind European exploration of the Americas

2. Explain how Europeans established territorial claims

3. Compare the Spanish, French, English, and Dutch settlements in the Americas

4. Describe the impact on Native Americans and West Africans

How did Europeans explore and establish settlements in the Americas?

Why did they explore?Why did they go WEST?Where did they start settlements?Why did they create settlements?How did they treat the Indians?

Somewhere in the classroom is hidden a chocolate bar.

From your seat, you and your partner are going to have 30 seconds to look around the

room.

Very Important!!

• There will be no running around the room. Don’t make a mess.

• There is no touching each other. Ex. Pushing , shoving.

• Off Limits areas—my desk & fans• If I see any of this, the activity will be

over. We will never do anything like this again.

Debriefing Questions

• What aspect of my introduction made you want to participate in the search?

• Would you have looked as hard if you knew there was one bar of chocolate out there for every one?

• Did the limited number of bars make the prize more valuable?

• How did you feel when someone else found the bar?

• Why might this bar be called “brown gold”?

1. Read aloud 2.2 “Spain Starts an Empire”

2. Complete Reading Notes for Q 1 only.

First, Spain sponsored the voyage of ____,

an explorer who….

Then, Spain sent ____, such as ___ and

___, who….

Topic Sentence

• Spain established territorial claims in the Caribbean and South America.

First, Spain sponsored the voyage of Columbus,

an explorer who landed in the new while trying to go to Asia. Founded San Sa;

Then, Spain sent Conquistadors, such as and Cortes, who conquered the Aztecs of Mexico.

Section 1.3 Pg 39-43 Back side to complete

If you don’t know- email me

2.3 Spanish Borderlands ---Spanish Settlements – Presidios

and Missions1. Picture Analysis Predictions – QUICK!2. Read beginning to class. Explain that missionaries followed soldiers, so a

settlement had a mission and presidio nearby.3. Read HA 2.3 solo4. 2.3 Questions: Do Map and 1 question. Do rest for HW w/ copies of

textbook.5. Redo Picture Analysis (post-reading)6. Closure… Pics – Presidion or Mission

We know how Spain made claims

in the Caribbean and South

America.

How or Why did they go to North

America?

Inference: You are gathering clues to answer the question : What was life like in this settlement? 1. Look for clues in the picture to answer the question.

2. Come up and place sticky notes on or circle the clues and explain what it suggests about life in the settlement

Inference:What was life like in this settlement?

1. Read aloud 2.3 “The Spanish Borderlands”

2. Complete Reading Notes on your own.

3. The Reading Notes will be a Quiz Grade.

Spanish Mission at San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo (CA)You are gathering clues to answer the question: What was life like in this settlement? 1. Look for clues in the picture to answer the

question. 2. Come up and place sticky notes on or circle the clues and explain what it suggests about life in the settlement

What was life like in this settlement?

Ponce de LeonFrom “Fountain of Youth National Archeological Park” in FL where they

are digging and excavating . The water supposedly bubbles up from an pre-historic Indian spring. Ponce heard about the fountain and noticed the Indians were 7 ft tall and healthy looking (as comp w the short, pale Spaniards), so no wonder he

thought the fountain of youth was there!

Coronado looks for the Seven Cities of Gold

Mission or Presidio?

2. Complete 8 vocab words

2.4 New France1. Do Now = QUICK picture preview2. Read 2.4 to class. Quick.3. Act it Out (16 – 20 min)4. Try to do Q 4 (map) bc color map in book is needed!5. Do remaining questions for HW using copy of textbook.

Choose two vocab words and define on your sheet. -Columbian Exchange-Colony-Missionaries -Coureurs de Bois

I will show you a picture in 1

minute. Analyze it. Be

prepared to discuss.

(prediction/inference, no books open)

Show Courier de bois picture

1. What do you see here? 2. What are the men wearing? Why might they be dressed this way?

3. What are the men holding? What might they do with these things? 4. Who are these men? Where might they be from?

What was life like in this settlement?

1. Read aloud 2.4 “New France”



• France established territorial claims by exploring and claiming land in North America.

• First, ____ explored and claimed

• Then, ____ explored and claimed for France.

Coureurs de Bois working in New France1. What do you see

here? 2. What are the men wearing? Why might they be dressed this way? 3. What are the men holding? What might they do with these things?

4. Who are these men? Where might they be from?

1. Explain Handout 2B.

2. You are being graded! Take this seriously.

3. Don’t be silly. Don’t use props inappropriately.

4. When you come up, take on the person’s posture and facial expression! Freeze!

5. (Note: Huron and Iroquois are not shown in picture.)

Jump into the picture!

Action!

Take on three people and explain their role in the settlement of new France.

Finish the questions for New France for homework (2 & 3). Use the copy of textbook provided.

Settlers at Jamestown (skip)

2.6 New Netherland1. Do Now = picture preview2. Read 2.6 to class. 3. Reading Notes. 4. Discussion5. Lasting Influences of the Dutch (get slides from review PPT)

I will show you a picture in 1

minute. Analyze it. Be

prepared to discuss.

(prediction/inference, no books open)

Show Courier de bois picture

1. What do you see here? 2. Where might these people be from?3. What emotions to you think the man in the center is feeling? What emotions are the others feeling?

4. Who do you think the paper the man is holding says?

1. Read aloud 2.6 “New Netherland”



1. Dutch merchants sponsored the trip of Henry Hudson, who claimed land along the Hudson River and called it New Netherland. A settlement called New Amsterdam was started on Manhattan Island and was governed by Peter Stuyvesant, who surrendered it to the British.

3.

Peter Stuyvesant & the Surrender of New Amsterdam1. What do you see here? 2. Where might these people be from?

3. What emotions to you think the man in the center is feeling? What emotions are the others feeling? 4. Who do you think the paper the man is holding says?

Lasting dutch influences??

Lasting dutch influences??• Sinterklaas• Names in New York, like:• Breukelen• Haarlem• Konijnen Eiland ( = rabbit island)• 5 Presidents with Dutch heritage, inc.:

Finish Q 1-4 for section 2.6 New Netherland.

UNIT TEST TUESDAY on Ch 2 History Alive and packet.

Finish READING 1-3 (pp. 39 - 43) in textbook word for word.

Finish the Guided Reading WS (back side).

Homework

• READ 1-3 (pp. 39 - 43) in textbook word for word.

• Do the Guided Reading WS.

• Q 1 – 6 due Tues. Q 7 – 12 due Wed.

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