1. Find your historical head, sit with your group, start working!
Warm Up:
Find your historical head, sit with your group, start working!

2. Today’s Question:
Which explorers claimed land in North America? What were the effects of exploration?

3. Agenda: Finish historical heads “Read” heads Check answers
Brainstorm benefits/costs of exploration
Paragraph: Was it worth it?

4. Fill in Chart: Tape chart onto page 34.
Use your historical head to fill in your chart.
View other historical heads to fill in other sections of your chart.

5. Effect on Native Americans
Explorer
Country
Land Claims
Effect on Native Americans
Francisco Coronado
Spain
Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Utah)
Spread diseases
Conquered Pueblo Indians
Forced Pueblo to convert to Christianity
Robert de la Salle
France
Mississippi River Valley
Traded furs
Samuel de Champlain
Parts of Canada (Quebec)
John Cabot
English
Parts of Eastern Canada (Newfoundland)

6. On page 36 of you notebook, brainstorm BENEFITS (good things that happened as a result) and COSTS (bad things that happened as a result) of European Exploration.
Costs
Benefits

7. Make sure your paragraph has:
Was it worth it? (Page 35)
Think about what explorers accomplished by conquering the new world and the effects exploration had on America. Write a well-developed paragraph answering the following question: Was European Exploration worth it (do the benefits outweigh the costs)?
Make sure your paragraph has:
Thesis statement (answer to the question)
3 supporting details
Concluding sentence

8. Effect on Native Americans
Explorer
Country
Land Claims
Effect on Native Americans
Francisco Coronado
Robert de la Salle
Samuel de Champlain
John Cabot