Major Players and Advances in the: The Age of Exploration 1400-1600’s: Carving up the World
· We will look at major players and advances in specific countries and their contribution to the division of the world.
· Introduction idea of wealth, trade, importing, imperialism, nationalism, colonialism, triangle trade, mercantilism.
(see document below)
· Introduce Cornell Note taking style. (see attachment)
· Technology
o Sextant
o Latitude/longitude/world grid
o Compass
o Keel
o Sail
o Food (scurvy)
· Players: (country of birth, hired by whom, motivation, accomplished what?)
o Vikings
o Prince Henry the navigator
o Marco Polo
o Vasco de Gama
o Columbus
o John Cabot
o Cartier/Champlain
o Magellan
o Pizzaro
· Question: why is it that these men were hired to go out there?
Hypothesize: What will be the long term effects of these concepts?
· We will look at major players and advances in specific countries and their contribution to the division of the world.
· Introduction idea of wealth, trade, importing, imperialism, nationalism, colonialism, triangle trade, mercantilism.
(see document below)
· Introduce Cornell Note taking style. (see attachment)
- Students will research the following topics in groups of three or four and produce "Cornell Notes" on the topic (as well as answering the summarizing questions found below). The Morven Library website and the numerous databases found at this page are to be used to complete the task.
- http://www.morvenlibrary.org/all-digital-resources.html
· Technology
o Sextant
o Latitude/longitude/world grid
o Compass
o Keel
o Sail
o Food (scurvy)
· Players: (country of birth, hired by whom, motivation, accomplished what?)
o Vikings
o Prince Henry the navigator
o Marco Polo
o Vasco de Gama
o Columbus
o John Cabot
o Cartier/Champlain
o Magellan
o Pizzaro
· Question: why is it that these men were hired to go out there?
Hypothesize: What will be the long term effects of these concepts?
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