1. NOTES OVERVIEW OF THE 16 TH CENTURY

2. ¿DO YOU REMEMBER? What did the Trojan War have to do with piracy? What happened to Caesar? (Identify the inaccuracy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmUrTVbxUo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmUrTVbxUo Were the Vkings raiders or settlers? Who were the wokou?

3. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY OF THE 16 TH CENTURY China Trade bans and merchants as pirates Printed money, bronze coins, and silver Boatloads of money: Spanish Empire trade in the Pacific The Americas 1545: Diego Gualpa/Hualpa and the biggest silver strike in history (ore ledge of 300 feet long, 13 feet wide, 300 feet deep, 50% silver content) Potosí, the silver town, and Huancavelinca, the mercury mine (mercury used to purify silver ore): violence, “organized crime,” and exploitation 60 years of frenzied production: explosion in the money supply, inflation, financial instability Europe The Spanish silver peso—”a piece of eight” (1 peso = 8 reales)— becomes universal currency; main currency in the Portuguese, Dutch, and British Empires, widely used in France and the German states Silver linked to: The revolts against Spain in the Netherlands and Portugal The Fronde civil war in France The Thirty Year War

4. TIMELINES AND LIFESTYLES European culture, art, science and history, 16 th century: http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/timeline/1500s.html http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/timeline/1500s.html The conquest of the Americas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fniD67Z4ME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fniD67Z4ME Industry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzJer4omFgshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzJer4omFgs Fashions, framing of gender (Women of the 16 th Century): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ7CNNGEsfk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ7CNNGEsfk Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbsY-6SUH6khttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbsY-6SUH6k

5. MAP OR EUROPE The rise of monarchical nation-states, 1500-1700

6. SHORT LIST OF HIGHLIGHTS (PUT THESE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER) Michelangelo creates David, and paints the Sistine Chapel ceiling Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet Copernicus establishes that the Earth orbits the Sun The Inquisition persecutes conversos (Jews converted to Christianity) in Spain Hernán Cortés takes over the Aztec Empire Henry VIII establishes the Church of England Start of the Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther ’s 95 Thesis Start of the Dutch Revolt Battle of Lepanto Elizabeth I defeats the Spanish Armada Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego in Mexico Inventions: Flush toilet Pocket watch Bottled beer Graphite pencil

7. SPANISH ARMADA: VIDEOS Discovery Channel documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpG5E85W1ns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpG5E85W1ns Through the lens of humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e23OnRapVg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e23OnRapVg LEARN MORE Battlefield Brittain series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3stf20X10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl3stf20X10 Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfWl0ZgK8E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfWl0ZgK8E