By utilizing the Internet, the globe, a world map, and a social studies book, students will develop an understanding of and respect for Christopher Columbus. Indians Discovery of Columbus, The Culture of Conquest in the Modern World, etc. This unit covers the exploration of Florida, the American Southwest, and the search for a Northwest passage to Asia during the Age of Exploration. A fifteen lesson unit where students will look at and discuss the history of exploration and its lasting effects. Students will write essays about explorers who sailed under the Spanish flag.
Students create a report on an explorer.
Students will choose and research information about an explorer. The student will be able to name five explorers, their nationality, where they went, and the significance of the expedition. Students will utilize skills of research, role playing, brainstorming, and analysis in studying important explorers then imagining themselves aboard historic crafts and writing about exploratory missions. Using map skills, students trace the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan. Students will collect information about what motivated Christopher Columbus to become an explorer and then compare and contrast their interpretations.