Next week students will continue with Unit 3. This week students will examine the
theme of movement and migration through the study of European exploration, colonization, and empire building in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Students will explore how European exploration resulted in a pattern of conflict and change that had world-wide impact from the late 1400s through WWI. Students will study how the years following World War I in Europe marked a time of conflict and change within European society.
Homework Packets given on Monday are due Thursday and Classowrk on Friday. This week's quiz will include elements a and b. Exploration Project for all groups due no later than Friday of this week.
S6H6: The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on
various world regions.
a. Identify the causes of European exploration and colonization; include religion, natural
resources, a market for goods, and the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator.
b. Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. c. Trace the colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom.
d. Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.
Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions
MOVEMENT / MIGRATION: The student will understand that the movement or migration of people and ideas affects all societies involved.
Resources:
Powerpoint-ss6h6 Explores and Expansionism
European Exploration and Colonization Download
ss6h6_european_empire_building_in_africa_and_asia_wwi.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196140/European-exploration/25962/The-Age-of-Discovery
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/the-age-of-exploration.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/columbus_legacy_01.shtml
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9984699/European-Exploration-and-Colonization
European Exploration and Colonization
Prince Henry the Navigator
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/262114/Henry-the-Navigator
http://www.thornr.demon.co.uk/kchrist/phenry.html
theme of movement and migration through the study of European exploration, colonization, and empire building in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Students will explore how European exploration resulted in a pattern of conflict and change that had world-wide impact from the late 1400s through WWI. Students will study how the years following World War I in Europe marked a time of conflict and change within European society.
Homework Packets given on Monday are due Thursday and Classowrk on Friday. This week's quiz will include elements a and b. Exploration Project for all groups due no later than Friday of this week.
S6H6: The student will analyze the impact of European exploration and colonization on
various world regions.
a. Identify the causes of European exploration and colonization; include religion, natural
resources, a market for goods, and the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator.
b. Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. c. Trace the colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom.
d. Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.
Enduring Understandings/Essential Questions
MOVEMENT / MIGRATION: The student will understand that the movement or migration of people and ideas affects all societies involved.
- How id European exploration impact European development?
- What factors, including the contributions of Prince Henry the Navigator, influenced European nations to begin overseas exploration?
- Why did European nations build colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia?
Resources:
Powerpoint-ss6h6 Explores and Expansionism
European Exploration and Colonization Download
ss6h6_european_empire_building_in_africa_and_asia_wwi.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196140/European-exploration/25962/The-Age-of-Discovery
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/the-age-of-exploration.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/columbus_legacy_01.shtml
http://www.scribd.com/doc/9984699/European-Exploration-and-Colonization
European Exploration and Colonization
Prince Henry the Navigator
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/262114/Henry-the-Navigator
http://www.thornr.demon.co.uk/kchrist/phenry.html