© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX FINISH YOUR PROJECT! l You will have 7 minutes to complete your annotated diagram as a group. l Project must be drawn, colored, annotated l Keep in mind these will be displayed in the hallway!!

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Journal Thought Questions Respond to the following questions in your Interactive Notebook. (left page) 1. Where would you go if you could visit any place in the world? Why? 2. How would you raise money for your trip?

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX 3. Who would you take with you? Do you need people with special skills? 4. What problems might you encounter? 5. What emotions would you experience during your voyage?

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX 6. What items would you bring back? 7. In what ways would your trip be rewarding to you?

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Do you realize that we are no different than the explorers who sailed the world during the Age of Exploration? We may dress differently, and have improved technology. use different transportation,

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX However, history is made by…. who experience the same emotions.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX The emotions, dreams, and ambitions of people are the same no matter when we may have lived. Our surroundings are just different.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX So you see, since we are human and the explorers were human… we are not so different. Keep this idea in mind as we study exploration, or any part of history for that matter. We are related to people in history. We just live in the present.

2-column NOTES ON THE RIGHT PAGE in notebook Cruisin’ the World The world is forever changed.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Let’s look at how the Age of Exploration began. In order to understand how important exploration was to the world, we need to go back to a time when exploration was of little importance---- LEFT Column TITLE

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX During the Middle Ages ( ), life was hard and people were struggling just to survive. There was constant threat from outside invaders. Food was scarce. Disease was rampant. These notes go in the RIGHT column

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX People spent much of their time and energy just trying to survive. (There was little leisure time to be interested in the outside world, much less time to explore it.) Eventually, a social and political system developed that helped to bring stability and peace to Europe.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Feudalism Feudalism was a system of loyalty and protection in the Middle Ages. King Lords Knights Serfs LEFT RIGHT column

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX However, the king needed his subjects below him for his survival, too. He was even loyal to the serfs, for they provided food. Everyone was loyal to the king because he provided a place to live and knights for protection.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX KingKing LordsLords KnightsKnights SerfsSerfs Feudal Society This system of loyalty and protection called feudalism worked from... top to bottom bottom to top andand

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Eventually, life became somewhat easier and people were not so afraid to leave their feudal manors. In 1095 Pope Urban II called on all Christians to leave their homes and defend their faith by joining the Crusades.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX *The Crusades* The Crusades were a series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims from the 1090s-1270s over control of the Holy Land. The Middle East The Holy Land

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX The Crusades were important because... Europeans ventured to Asia for the first time. Asia

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Effects of the Crusades Europeans were introduced to new foods and products. There was a renewed interest in trade.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX People came into contact with others outside of their feudal manors. Ideas and learning became more widespread.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Europe was on the verge of a great rebirth of cultural borrowing known as the

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX “Renaissance” ( ) actually means “rebirth.” It was a rebirth of ideas in art, religion, science, and learning that had flourished in ancient Greek and Roman times. Strong European nations emerged during this time period.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX People did not have to struggle as much to survive during the Renaissance. They had more leisure time. Some very famous figures used that leisure time to create and invent wonderful things. printedGutenbergbooks.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Michelangelopainted and sculpted. magnified Galileo the heavens.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Shakespearewrote. Leonardoinvented and painted

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX The height of European exploration occurred during the Renaissance.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX The credited discovery of the New World occurred during the Renaissance. However, the New World was discovered even before the Age of Exploration. There were actually three important discoveries of America.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX First Discovery of America Native Americans migrated across the Bering Strait on a land bridge from Asia (as early as 70,000 years ago.)Native Americans migrated across the Bering Strait on a land bridge from Asia (as early as 70,000 years ago.) The earliest NA built mounds across the E. ½ of the U.S. over 3,000 years ago.The earliest NA built mounds across the E. ½ of the U.S. over 3,000 years ago.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX Leif Ericsson and the Vikings landed in far North America in about 1,000 A.D. Second Discovery of America They named the land “Vinland” because of the abundance of wild grapes.

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX In 1492 Columbus discovered the New World.In 1492 Columbus discovered the New World. Columbus thought he was in India, but actually he was in the Carribean Columbus thought he was in India, but actually he was in the Carribean He didn't set foot on N. America, but his discovery started “Age of Exploration.”He didn't set foot on N. America, but his discovery started “Age of Exploration.” Third Discovery of America

© 2004 Plano ISD, Plano, TX So what would make these brave individuals leave their homes for parts unknown? Think about your imagined voyage when we started this activity. Why did you go on your voyage? Are some of the reasons the same as what we’ve seen here? We have a lot more in common with people in history than you might think.