1st paragraph write as class- review vocab- play games

           During the Renassiance there were lots of inventions that helped the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration was from 1500-1700. I will be informing you about one of the inventions called the caravel. This was a new type of ship that had triangle sails and a large wooden body. This ship could sail in any direction! Without this new type of ship the explorers couldn;t of circumnavigated the world!


Each paragraph is 100 points. An A paper will be typed up- If you hand-write and copy my paper off the board, you will earn a C.

Turn in Portuguese FunSheet- We've been taking notes from a powerpoint on each presentation

Each student should be keeping notes from the presentations.

15 or more = A
10- 14= B
5-9 = C
below 5 see me

We will be turning these notes into a Research Paper as our Final project.

I will be grading them in our notebooks when we turn them in!

Be keeping good notes!!!

Rest of the Vocab 11-20... Spanish Exploration FunSheet- Creative Time

Conquistadors- expedition leaders sent by the Spanish government to the New World who ended up conquering the native people like: Aztecs, Incas,

Hispanola- islands in the Caribbean known today as Haiti and the Dominica Republic. Columbus set foot on these islands 1493

Hacienda- slave house for the native Indians- forced to farm and give up their way of life- religion

Bartolome de las Casas- a famous priest that wrote against the enslavement of native Indians

Spanish Armada- famous navy battle between Spain and England in 1588- fought over GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY

penal colony- USA and Australia - a place where governments send their criminals to get them away

Triangle Trade- the 317 year trading process for manufactured goods for Africans. Sugar grown in the Caribbean by slaves, traded for guns in Europe, to trade guns for  more slaves in Africa.

Middle Passage-  the 3 month passage from Africa to the New World. They were chained sitting or laying down.

indentured servants- Europeans who choose to become a servant for a boat ride to the New World. Usually lasted 7-8 years.

197 current events in one

Current Event Resource

6-10 Vocab- Review first ten vocab...No School Monday!!!

6 Strait- a narrow body of water that connects to larger bodies of water....Strait of Magellan is at the tip of South America

7. Line of Demarcation- an imaginary line that split the world in two Spain and Portugal for exploration  kind of like when you split the back seat of a car between you and your siblings....

8. northwest passage- a non-existent water route that the English tried to find to sail west from Europe to get to Asia

9. circumnavigate- to go around something...to sail around the world

10. caravel- a type of ship that combined the triangle sails (Arab invention) and the large sailing vessels of the European boats.... now these explorers can sail in any diretion

Grade Pretest- 1-5 Vocab direct instruction- creative time

heliocentric- centered around the sun/ the solar system/ Copernicus
geocentric- centered around the Earth/ solar system/ Church...moon
scientific method- to test observable facts, Rene Descartes
theory- an accepted principle of observable facts that we can't yet disprove: Evolution, Gravity,               Relativity, Global Warming
banned- can not be printed for sold- power: church, government, education


I will be posting  the Cornell notes from Lesson 1- page 488 Our World Text....THIS MUST BE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!

Focus Questions for Spanish Explorer Video for Tuesday

1. Which nations was Spain's greatest European rival for exploration and the search for riches?



2. What were the Spanish conquistadors goals for exploration?



3. What did Balboa's discovery mean to the Spanish in terms of their dreams of finding a short water route to the East?



4. Who was the Spanish explorer who discovered Flordia? Why were the Spanish exploring Flordia in the first place?



5. Who discovered the Gulf Stream? Why was this discovery important?



6. Who discovered Mexico in the name of Spain?



7. What made Cabeza de Vaca and his men different in attitude from most other Spanish conquistadors?



8. How did the book Shipwreck spread Spanish influence in North America?



9. What did Coronado discover even though he never found his fabled cities of gold?



10. Who discovered the Mississippi River in the name of Spain?



11. How has our perception of Coronado's exploration changed from that of 300 years ago? Why?

Presentation Check List

Teacher Name: Ms. Nanna

Student Name:_____________________________ 

Group Name: ___________________________

Date: _________________

Project: Exploring Multi-Media

Top of Form

Appearance		The words on the slides are spelled correctly.
		The background does not compete with the text or graphics.
		The colors and patterns on my slides look good together.
		The transitions do not distract or bore the user.       Everything is in my own words and I did not plagiarize.
Media Use			I used video clips in my presentation. (hyperlinks)
			I used photographs in my presentation.
			I used art and effects in my presentation.
			The media I chose is related to the content of the presentation.
			The media I chose adds to the user's understanding of the presentation.
			My media does not distract the user.
Organization			I made an outline, storyboard, timeline to organize our thoughts and ideas.
			My presentation was a clear explanation of my explorer.
			I organized my thoughts and ideas in a meaningful way.
			My organization was easy for others to follow.
			I included a meaningful title slide.
			I included a conclusion slide.
Preparation			I planned my time wisely to assure access to needed materials.
			I thought about questions I needed to answer in my presentation.
			I thought about things I wanted to find for my presentation.
			I used feedback from others to refine my topic, subtopic, and details.
			I used all 10 days to their fullest potential. I kept busy in class at all times. I know all the names of the people in my group and they all have an important role to play in our presentation.
Resources			I used a variety of resources.
			I used resources that showed different perspectives.
			I used resources that were reliable and credible.
			I used electronic resources (Internet...)
			I used print resources (textbooks, books, magazines, newspapers).

Powerpoint- Game Board of Route- Game Rules

Powerpoint Ideas for Explorer

Names of the people in your group:

Name of the explorer you are researching:

Name of the people your explorer conquered:

Childhood history:

 Where did your explorer sail from:

Who paid for their voyage:

Dates they sailed:

How long were they at sea:

What did they want from exploring:

Diseases they spread:

Achievements:

How did your explorer change the world:

Conquered

Summary : Where did your conquered live and for how long:

Are there any stories about when they first saw the Europeans?

Scientific Achievements:

Religion history:

Art work:

How long were the colonizers in the conquered land:

How could of your conquered peoples change the world:

 Interesting facts:

Explorers!!

Choose one- print some non-fiction reading material!