1. Agenda To Get: To Do: Guided notes from the back shelf
Textbook (pg. 95 and 96))
To Do:
Opener –Age of Exploration Video
Illustrated Dictionary
Age of Exploration Intro Guided Notes
New Inventions/Technologies
Reading Activity
The 3 G’s!
Ref Rap Performance
Exit Slip
Objective: Students will understand how Renaissance ideas of religion, discovery and invention allowed for unknown areas of the world (to Europe) to be explored. (future implications….)

2. Age of Exploration Opener
1. Where was Columbus from?
2. What country turned him down?
3. What country sponsored his voyage to the “Orient?”
4. What things did he “offer” the rest of the world?
5. Where did he first think he might be?
6. What did he cause to happen? (Hispaniola)

3. Illustrated Dictionary
Using the textbook complete the FIRST PAGE ONLY of the Illustrated Dictionary.
These are terms that you will need to know to understand our new unit on exploration
To receive credit you MUST create an illustration that helps you, personally, to understand the meaning of each term.
15 minutes

11. Guided Notes: Historical Overview Transition of power
1200- Middle East was dominated by two powerful empires, the Byzantine in the northwest and the Islamic (Abbasid) caliphate through much of the middle eastern heartland.
BY 1258, Mongol conquest of Baghdad had ended Abbasid Caliphate
BY 1400, Ottoman Turks invaded and caused great decline in the Byzantine Empire.
BY 1453, Constantinople FALLS to the Ottoman Turks and ends the Byzantine Empire.
Transition of power
Arabs and Chinese still leaders and major influencers, BUT, Western Europe slowly starts to contend with these locations for power…
1400s- Italy, Spain, and Portugal took the lead in Western European outreach (exploration, travel, expansion)

12. The World Economy Silver becomes global currency of the period
Everyone wants it- allows Spain to build massive armies and grand buildings, Japanese mines raise output of silver, Europeans buy Asian goods with silver
China and India are largest recipients of silver-begins to replace paper money and merchants require silver even for common purchases

13. Maritime Power Europeans ignorant of other world cultures.
The crusades brought knowledge of Islamic world as far superior economically than Europe.
Europe wanted power, stability, and expansion, but…
Believed the world was flat
fearful of distant voyages.

14. New Technology Portugal led the way and Spain quickly followed.
Europeans develop ships capable of carrying heavy weapons
Cartography (mapmaking) and compasses improved as well as navigational skills
Added Chinese invention of explosives for European guns and cannons
Portugal led the way and Spain quickly followed.

16. COMPASS Fill in chart, in your guided notes, with each slide.
Chinese invention
Used the magnetic poles to calculate direction.

17. ASTROLABE Used position of stars to determine latitude
(location in relation to equator)

18. CARAVEL
Smaller, faster ships
Could maneuver in shallow waters

19. LATEEN SAILS Triangular in shape
Mounted at an angle, easier to maneuver

20. Advances in Shipbuilding
Learned to build ships that sat lower in the water
Allowed for stable ships that could carry larger amounts of trade goods.

21. Steering - Rudder
Allowed for one person to steer the ship as opposed to multiple people steering from the side with oars.

22. Reading Questions - pg. 95-96
For the Age of Exploration, the Renaissance encouraged a new spirit of ______________________ and _______________________.... which prompted Europeans to ___________________________ the world around them.
Before this time period contact of Europeans with the rest of the world was limited to, in 1100, European __________________________ that battled _____________________ and Marco Polo who reached the court of __________________ in China around that time of 1275.
What three things/ideas spurred an age of European exploration?
What was the MAIN reason for European exploration?
What was the main “luxury” item coming from Asia that Europeans were interested in? Name three.
What two groups controlled the trade of this region? How?
How did Europeans traders seek to bypass these merchants?
What were the two sacred duties European Christians felt during this time?
Who said, “To serve God and His Majesty, to give light to those who were in darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do.”?
Name and explain the 3 G’s that motivated explorers of this period.

23. The Three G’s: God, Gold, and Glory
As European powers grew, the quest to expand their empire came from three main sources:
God
Glory
Gold

24. GOD
Europeans sent out missionaries to convert the “savages” to Christianity.
Cortes: “natives (should be) introduced to the holy Catholic Faith”
Converting the “heathen” was a motive for international exploration and domination

25. GOLD
European explorers were interested in finding goods (spices, natural resources, etc.) that they could take back to Europe and sell.
Find precious metals. Gold always popular; silver becoming a hot commodity

26. GLORY
European explorers wanted o claim land for their supporting country and then receive a hero’s welcome when they returned from their voyage.

27. Research: The Explorers
Objective:
To gain an understanding of the leading explorers from Spain and Portugal
Assignment
Create an image of the explorer (use your nifty phones to look them up!)
Answer the following questions:
1) Summarize life story.
2) Describe voyage of exploration:
A) Where did he go?
B) Why did he go there?
C) What was this individual’s impact on the region?
3) What was this individual’s lasting legacy?
Time allotted: 20 minutes

28. Research: The Explorers Carousel
Objective:
To gain an understanding of the leading explorers from Spain and Portugal
Assignment
Travel around to the different “heads” of your classmates and complete your explorer chart
Time allotted: 10 minutes

29. Exit Slip A new perspective on Columbus?
On the handout provided, complete the following questions:
1) Summarize the document you read on Columbus in four complete, well-developed sentences.
2) Describe the perspective used in this document.
3) What is your opinion? What version of Columbus’ story do you feel is the most accurate? Support your opinion with three facts from the article.

30. Exit Slip Complete your Illustrated Dictionary for your people.
Identify the country of origin, area of exploration, and lasting impact of the following individuals:
Cabot
Columbus
Magellan
Prince Henry
De Gama
Vespucci

31. Exit Slip On the back of your chart, answer the following questions:
1) What was the new currency that dominated world economies during this period?
2) Why did European empires explore during this period?
3) Name three improvements in technology that allowed Europe to expand beyond their borders.
Homework: First and Second page of your illustrated dictionary is due next class!