BELL-RINGER, THURSDAY 8/30 In your journals, write 3-5 sentences answering yesterday’s Essential Questions: What is history? Why do we study it? - Put your NAME on the front of your journal. - For your journal entry, put your NAME, the DATE.

 I will give you tips how to take notes today. You will need loose-leaf paper and open ears! HOW TO SET UP YOUR NOTES TODAY

Introduction, Columbus UNIT 1: AGE OF EXPLORATION

 TSWBAT:  Identify the reasons for exploration  Read Columbus’ journal entries and develop an argument regarding the actions of Christopher Columbus in a debate setting OBJECTIVES

TODAY’S ESSENTIAL QUESTION Why was there a desire for direct trade to Asia and how did it lead England to create colonies in the New World?

 Movement  Exploration  Interaction  Colonization OUR CONCEPTUAL LENSES What do these mean? In partners, write your own definition for each in your notes.

MAP OF THE WORLD PRE-1492 How does this differ from the modern world map?

THEN AND NOW

 Why explore?  Push Factors & Pull Factors  Push Factors – Examples?  Persecution  Discrimination  War  Etc.!  Pull Factors – Examples?  Economic opportunity  Religious freedom  Etc.! EXPLORATION REVIEW/INTRODUCTION

 If you could go back in time, what region of the world would you explore and why?  What areas of the world are already established in the 1400s?  Think back to what you learned in 6 th and 7 th grade YOU AS THE EXPLORER

 First of all, where is Asia?  Why would people in Europe want to have a direct route there (to the East) WHY ASIA?

 What do you already know about him?  In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.  In 1493, he returned to make slaves of all he’d see.  “One of the greatest mariners in history, a visionary genius, a mystic, a national hero, a failed administrator, a naïve entrepreneur, and a ruthless and greedy imperialist.”  From The Library of Congress’ 1429: AN ONGOING VOYAGE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

 Columbus’ voyage Q&index=22&feature=plcp Q&index=22&feature=plcp  Traveling for Spain (King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)  Where did he think he landed?  The East Indies  Where did he land?  Landed in San Salvador COLUMBUS’ VOYAGE

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 By 1492, people had lived in the Western Hemisphere for tens of thousands of years without sustained contact with other parts of the world (Europe, Africa, Asia)  Where is the Western Hemisphere? (someone show us on the map in the classroom) WHAT CAME TO BE CALLED “AMERICA”

 Columbus’ journals – Read and answer with a partner sitting next to you!  Summarize  Contextualize  Infer  Monitor ACTIVITY: SCIM WITH COLUMBUS’ JOURNALS

SCIM-C  Introducing SCIM-C  Summarize  Contextualize  Infer  Monitor  Corroborate  We must be historical INVESTIGATORS!

Homework  Finish Columbus Journal Worksheet  Write 1 paragraph (AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES) answering this question.  Should we celebrate Columbus Day?  Ms. Douglass will assign you a “side” of this debate, and you need to write a paragraph that SUPPORTS this side. Use evidence from Columbus’ journal to support your claims.

 Should we celebrate Columbus Day?  Work in groups to discuss this point. Come up with AT LEAST 3 reasons to support your argument. DEBATE

 Answer the EQ in 1 sentence using at least 2 of our conceptual lens words. Write 3-5 sentences. TICKET OUT THE DOOR Why was there a desire for direct trade to Asia and how did it lead England to create colonies in the New World?

 Answer the EQ in 1 sentence using at least 2 of our conceptual lens words in your JOURNAL.  DATE IT AND PUT A HEADING! BELL-RINGER, THURSDAY 8/30 Why was there a desire for direct trade to Asia and how did it lead England to create colonies in the New World?

Columbian Exchange UNIT 1: AGE OF EXPLORATION

 TSWBAT:  Participate in a simulation of the Columbian Exchange  Identify the reasons for and effects of Triangular Trade in the Age of Exploration  Reflect upon the Columbian Exchange through the perspective of the unit’s conceptual lenses of movement, exploration, and interaction OBJECTIVES

TODAY’S ESSENTIAL QUESTION What was the Columbian Exchange and how did it relate to movement and interaction between the New and Old World?

 In 1510, reached the coast of what is now South America  Proved Columbus wrong  What about Columbus’ ideas were incorrect?  Where did Columbus think that he originally landed?  The East Indies (What today is Indonesia)  Recognized the New World as “America”  Why do you think it is named America? AMERIGO VESPUCCI

 What is trade?  Why do people trade?  Now… look at the tag of your shirt, or find something that says where it’s made.  Where are your items made? TRADE

 a&list=UUX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q a&list=UUX6b17PVsYBQ0ip5gyeme-Q INTRODUCTION TO THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

TRIANGULAR TRADE

 Answer yesterday’s EQ in your journals in 3-5 sentences.  DATE IT AND PUT A HEADING! BELL-RINGER, TUESDAY 9/4 What was the Columbian Exchange and how did it relate to movement and interaction between the New and Old World?