Week 18: Jan. 4-8, 2k21

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Day 1

In Class: Is it the Age of Xploration or Invasion?  

Age of Xploration Unit Pre-Q's

1. What do you think motivates the United States to explore space today?
2. Should the United States spend more or less money on space exploration? Why?
3. What do you think are the biggest differences between exploring and colonizing?
4. Why is “land ownership” a controversial concept/idea?
5. How has exploration both positively and negatively affected the world throughout history?
6. What are some pros and cons of land/ocean/space exploration?

How did the Xplorers navigate the vast ocean?

Q's with the above flick:

1. Long before the magnetic compass reached Europe, the ___________ sailed the Atlantic Ocean where they discovered Iceland, Greenland, and even North America in as early as 1000.
2. Sometimes sailors carried cages of ________________ with them.
3. Sailors navigated using the stars. The North Star, known as ________________ never moved in the sky, so the sailors used this one to guide them. The Big Dipper may always rotate, however the North Star never moves around…
4. _____________ was a way for a sailor to determine a ship’s speed. It was a way for a sailor to determine time and distance travelled. This was used by measuring how long it took seaweed or a wood chip to pass by the boat as they travelled. They were way off
5. Which was easier? Calculating latitude or longitude at sea? 
6. In 1714, the British government offered a prize to someone who could design a ___________ that could accurate over long voyages at sea.
7. A ________________ is used to measure the angles between the sun, moon, and horizon, which is used as a backup GPS system.

HW: Why do you think we are calling this the Age of Exploration or Age of Invasion?  Explain your answer in as much detail as you can provide.

Day 2

In Class:  Portuguese and Spanish exploration -- The Age of Xploration Doc

Q's with our reading in class

1. What are the two main reasons for European Exploration?
2. What is cartography?
3. By the 1500s, scholars started drawing maps in the shape of a ______.
4. Provide a few effects of each nation’s exploration as we read about Portuguese and Spanish Exploration...Provide both positive and negative effects. Write P or N next to the effect.
5. What was the Columbian Xchange?  Provide three pros and three cons of the Columbian Xchange.
6. Some historians claim the Age of Exploration was not really “exploration” but rather the conquering of indigenous people and the stealing of land and goods. Do you believe this to be a true statement? Why/why not?
7. What nation introduced race-based slavery and why was did the Europeans choose Africans as slaves?
8. After looking at the picture in the Doc of Hernan Cortes meeting Montezuma, do you think this image is an accurate illustration of their meeting and what the Aztec empire.  Do you think this image was painted by a European or an Aztec?
9. What were four factors (in your own words) that contributed to the defeat of the Aztec empire and was their defeat inevitable?
10. According to the map on the last page of the Doc, what two other nations were heavily involved in Xploration?

HW:  Las Casas Assignment! -- Due by day 3

Day 3

In Class:  Introduce the Age of Xploration Writing Assignment...Paper due by Day 2 of next week

 After reading about European Exploration, the effects of exploration, the pros & cons of exploration, and the life of Las Casas we will now answer the following question:

Explain both the positive and negative effects of European exploration and its results.

This is a paper that will be no longer than two pages, typed, MLA format, 12 font, Times New Roman, double-spaced, one-inch margins. 5 points will be taken off for each/any of these directions not followed. In your writing, provide examples of information from our Xplorers packet, our guided notes, and our discussions in class about the effects of Xploration by Europeans.

Paragraph 1 → Introduction (3-5 sentences) -- Get to the point!
→ Topic sentence that introduces what the paper is about
→ Sentence #2 --What enabled Europeans to explore the world?
→ Sentence #3 -- Why did Europeans explore the world?
→ Thesis statement at the end of the intro

Body Paragraphs:
→ Explain the effects of European exploration.
→ A minimum one paragraph that explains the positive effects
→ A minimum one paragraph that explains the negative effects

Last Paragraph → Conclusion → Restate your thesis and conclude the paper.

Think about answering the following Q's in your essay...

• What impact did the Europeans have on the people they encountered?
• What impact did the new discoveries of the lands have on Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans?
• What impact did the Columbian Exchange have between the two worlds, East and West?
• Is there an everlasting impact from the Age of Xploration?  What is it?

Rubric: (5 pt increments) 

90-100 -- Contains a clear thesis. Written in ROCKET DOWN format. The thesis informs the reader of the topic(s) that will be discussed in the paper. The paper explains in detail the answer to the question, has an appropriate sentence and paragraph length, provides an effective analysis of the events, is well organized and written, minor to no grammatical flaws.

80-90 -- Contains a good argument and explains most of the answer to the question, has a few sentences or paragraphs of inadequate length, analyzes some of the events, has acceptable organization and few grammatical flaws.

70-80 -- Contains a vague argument. The question is often left unanswered and few details are provided. Sentences and paragraph structure are weak or unclear, lacks good analysis of the events, poorly organized, serious grammatical flaws

>70 -- No argument. Weak comparison and contrast. The question is not answered, sentences and paragraph structure are very weak, no analysis of events, no organization, substantial grammatical flaws
HW: