Age of Exploration Columbian Exchange Middle Passage Readings Station Activities
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Age of Exploration ...OR....Age of Invasion?
Essential Question: How did the distant regions of the world become more interconnected through medieval and early modern times?
In this packet, students will understand how European contact changed the cultural landscape of the world. How did the spread of mercantilism and capitalism lead to the oppression and subjugation of people? How should Christopher Columbus be remembered? * Includes Lies my Teacher by James W. Loewen Told Me Excerpt*
This is part of my Introduction to World History Unit. It is important for students to have a basic understanding of the past before they move on to life in the 1700's (usually starting with Enlightenment philosophers), that's why this unit covers life before the 1700's. This packet reviews the important topics of the Age of Exploration, Colombian Exchange, Famous Explorers, as well as the Middle Passage within a week with fun activities. This packet is heavily scaffolded with graphic organizers and guided reading questions.
PRINT & GO! Or upload to your online classroom. It's a digital textbook with built in guided reading questions and vocabulary. This is a reading packet as a replacement or supplement to a textbook. It includes graphic organizers, vocabulary and videos. Throw away the textbook and get rid of your lectures and slides presentations. Teach students with diverse sources to make a more interesting and engaging history classroom.
INCLUDED:
- All necessary readings included
- 2 station activities (Christopher Columbus and the Exploration of the Americas & Great Explorers)
- Videos with QR Codes
- Guided reading questions *HEAVILY SCAFFOLDED*
- Graphic Organizers
- Bolded vocabulary
- Assessment
VOCABULARY:
- Age of Exploration
-Columbian Exchange
-Christopher Columbus
- Marco Polo
- Ibn Battuta
- Zheng He
- Vasco da Gama
- John Cabot
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Sir Francis Drake
- Transatlantic Slave Trade
-The Middle Passage
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