- DO NOW: in your composition book, copy and annotate the lesson objective.
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- Objective: SWBAT describe the early explorations of the Americas.
- Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
- Essential Question: How did interaction among European, African, and Native American cultures shape early American history?
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Agenda
- Introduction - Contact & Exhange
- 3.1 Reaching the Ends of Earth
- 3.2 Tools of Travel
- 3.3 Finding the Americas
- Graphic Organizer: Comparison Chart (pg. 31-32)
- Graphic Organizer: Comparison Chart (pg. 31-32)
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- video: The Space Race (2:40min)
- read: Introduction: Contact & Exchange
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- Portuguese Explorers video (5:30 min)
- read: Section 3.1 Reaching the Ends of Earth
- Graphic Organizer: Comparison Chart (pg. 31-32)
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- video: Navigational Tools (4:45)
- read: 3.2 Tools of Travel
- Question #2 (pg 36) What technical innovations led to an increase in exploration?
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- video: Vasco Nunez de Balboa(1:45)
- read: 3.3 Finding the Americas
- Graphic Organizer: Comparison Chart (pg. 31-32)
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