Ashley Ritz CI 350 01 December 2009

European Exploration&

Colonial America

European Exploration

In my Unit Plan European Exploration will be introduced first. I plan to transition into Colonial America. First I am going to introduce each explorer and their corresponding country. The first two days of the Unit Plan will be dedicated to Exploration.

During these two day students will be assigned group projects and have worksheets that pertain to each explorer and their contribution to exploration.

Colonial America will be discussed throughout the next 6 days and each colony will be introduced along with family roles, religious practices, and how colonists obtained jobs and collected food.

Students will get into podcast groups and create podcasts, they will create their own colonies. The classroom will also be split into three groups and each will be assigned a colony.

Colonial America

Students will also be tested on their full knowledge of the Unit Plan by tests, quizzes, the use of SRS (Student Response Systems), and group projects. Students can also receive extra credit by dressing up as a colonist or an explorer of their choice.

Columbus explores western hemisphere

Cortez conquers the Aztec Empire

Inca Empire falls to Pizzaro

British Colonists settle in North America

Native Americans battle colonists

Number of African Americans in America is

rising

1492 1521 1533 1607 1675 1700