1. Explore The New World
USI.4

3. Motivation and Obstacles
Lesson 1
Motivation and Obstacles

4. SOL
USI.4a: describing the motivations, obstacles, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English explorations.

5. Why and how do nations compete to extend their power?
Essential Questions
Why and how do nations compete to extend their power?

6. Nations compete to extend their power.
What Do I Know?
Nations compete to extend their power.

7. Hook: Leaving Familiar Places
What was it like to leave your elementary school and move to Huntington Middle School? What are your feelings and expectations?

8. Project: Explorer (Prince) (Portugal) Country: Africa
Explorer: Prince Hendry the Navigator
Explored: West Africa
Reason: Economics (Gold, etc)
3 Main Reasons for Exploration (ERC) 1 2 3

9. MOTIVATING FORCES FOR EXPLORATION (ERC)
USI.4A
MOTIVATING FORCES FOR EXPLORATION (ERC)
Economic:
Gold
Natural resources
Trade
Religious
Competition for empire and belief in superiority of own culture

10. OBSTACLES TO EXPLORATION
USI.4A
OBSTACLES TO EXPLORATION
Poor maps and navigational tools
Disease / starvation
Fear of unknown “?”
Lack of adequate supplies

11. North America 1540

12. North America 1562
Better?

13. Message in a Bottle
You are aboard an early explorer’s ship and you are becoming suspicious of your captain’s ability to get you anywhere safely. Write a message in the bottle about their suspicions and frustrations.

14. Lesson 2
Accomplishments

15. Hook
illustrate your greatest accomplishment in school, sports, etc. How did accomplishing this make you feel? Share with the class.

16. Q: What country is this?
Spain

17. Regions Explored by Spain
Claimed the Southwestern United States for Spain for gold and to spread Christianity.
SPANISH EXPLORATIONS
Francisco Coronado claimed southwest United States for Spain.
Francisco Coronado

18. Q: What country is this?
France

19. Regions Explored by France
Samuel de Champlain
Regions Explored by France
Robert La Salle
Mississippi River Valley

20. Regions Explored by France
Quebec, Canada
SPANISH EXPLORATIONS
Francisco Coronado claimed southwest United States for Spain.
Samuel D. Champlain

21. France
Goals/ Reasons:
Furs for trade (Beaver)

22. Champlain

23. Robert la Salle

24. Q: What country is this?
England

25. Regions Explored by England
USI.4A
Regions Explored by England
Timber that is
Needed to produce
MAST for ships to
sail
Cabot Map
Eastern Canada
John Cabot

26. John Cabot

28. Regions Explored by Portugal

29. Q: What country is this?
Portugal

30. What regions were explored by Portugal?
West Africa
Prince Henry the
Navigator
Gold, Salt, Shells

31. Write to Learn
Choose 2 of the nations that explored and tell what their accomplishments were.

32. Cultural Interactions
Lesson 3
Cultural Interactions

33. SOL
USI.4b
Describing the cultural interactions between Europeans and American Indians (First Americans) that led to cooperation and conflict.

34. Essential Questions
How does cultural interaction positively or negatively affect people in a region?
How does cultural interaction impact world trade and the economy of regions?

35. What Do I Need to Know?
Interaction between cultures can have positive and negative affects on the people in a region.
Cultural interaction impacts world trade and the economy of regions.

36. Hook—Asking for Help
Have students share with a partner a time when they had to ask for help with a problem. How was that problem solved?

37. CULTURAL INTERACTION SPAIN
USI.4B
CULTURAL INTERACTION
SPAIN
Conquered and enslaved Indians
Brought Christianity to New World
Brought European Diseases to Indians

38. CULTURAL INTERACTION FRANCE
USI.4B
CULTURAL INTERACTION
FRANCE
Established trading posts
Spread Christianity

39. CULTURAL INTERACTION ENGLAND
USI.4B
CULTURAL INTERACTION
ENGLAND
Claimed ownership of land; settlements
Learned farming techniques
Traded with American Indians

40. Taught farming techniques to European setters
Cultural Interaction
American Indians
Taught farming techniques to European setters
Believed that land was to be shared or used but not owned

41. AREAS OF COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC INTERACTIONS
USI.4B
AREAS OF COOPERATION IN ECONOMIC INTERACTIONS
Europeans brought weapons and metal farm tools (Technologies)
Trade
Crops

42. Columbian Exchange From America – Corn Potatoes Beans Chocolate
Buffalo
Beaver
Parrots

43. From Europe - Oranges Onions Sheep Horses Cattle Honeybees Pigs
Chickens
Diseases (?)
FLU
MEASLES

44. AREAS OF CONFLICT Land Competition for Trade Differences in cultures
USI.4B
AREAS OF CONFLICT
Land
Competition for Trade
Differences in cultures
Disease
Language Difference

45. Remember!!!
European explorers were usually out for the Three G’s:
Gold!
God!
Glory!

46. Write to Learn
Describe areas of cooperation and areas of conflict between the Europeans and American Indians. (Write ½ page)

47. QUICK QUIZ

48. What was Francisco Coronado hoping to find?

49. What did John Cabot find?

50. What was Samuel de Champlain hoping to find
What was Samuel de Champlain hoping to find? What settlement did he found?

51. Which European nation established settlements?

52. Which European nation conquered American Indians?

53. Which European nation established Trading Posts?
French

54. Which European nation learned farming techniques from American Indians?

55. Q: Who claimed this area? (eastern Canada)

56. Q: Who claimed this area? (Quebec)

57. Q: Who claimed this area? (Mississippi River Valley)

58. Q: Who claimed this area? (southwestern United States)

59. Western Africa Societies
Lesson 4
Western Africa
Societies

60. SOL
USI.4c: identifying the location and describing the characteristics of West Africa societies (Ghana, Mali, Songhai) and their interaction with traders.

61. Essential Question
How does cultural interaction impact world trade and the economy of regions?

62. Cultural interaction impacts world trade and the economy of regions.
What Do I Need to Know?
Cultural interaction impacts world trade and the economy of regions.

63. USI.4C
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominated West Africa one after another from 300 to 1600 A.D. Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were located in the western region of Africa, south of the Sahara Desert, near the Niger River.

64. Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by controlling trade in West Africa.
The Portuguese carried goods from Europe to West Africa, trading metals, cloth, and other manufactured goods for gold.

65. Write to Learn
Why did West Africa become so important in the development of the United States?
(Write ½ page)

66. QUICK QUIZ

67. The largest of the 3 empires?

68. The precious mineral mined in West Africa?

69. The empire after Ghana and before Songhai?

70. A seasoning item that was valuable in West Africa?

71. What did the Europeans trade for gold?