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In these three lessons, students will learn about the ingredients for revolution as they investigate them throughout the Atlantic world and beyond. They’ll flex their causation skills as they develop their own recipes for revolution.
Lesson Plan Course: 9th grade World History. Time frame: 2-3 classroom days (45 min period) Learning goals:
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Grade Level: 9-12. Lesson Objectives: Students will: View video clips from Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution and draw conclusions about revolutionary activities based partially on...
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- The Atlantic Slave Trade: TED-Ed
- Age of Exploration Picture Books
If you’re a teacher, then you are probably familiar with this scenario: you look at your schedule and realize you’re supposed to teach about a topic you remember little to nothing about! Especially with U.S. history, you want to make sure you teach your students the important facts, but it can be overwhelming to know what needs to be covered. Resea...
What was the Age of Exploration?
The Age of Exploration, or Age of Discovery, refers to a historical period that began in the 1400s and lasted until the the 1600s. The Age of Exploration is a period in European history of extensive overseas exploration. Portugal was one of the first countries to send explorers west, which led many other countries such as England, Holland (The Netherlands), France, and Spain to launch their own expeditions. Image by Universalis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link During this time explorers had more advanced...
Who were the famous European Explorers?
Famous explorers of this time include Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de León, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. Columbus before the Queenby Emanuel Leutze, 1843
What were the Effects of the Age of Exploration?
The Age of Exploration led to many changes, both positive and negative. On the one hand, this era increased trade and made mapping the world possible. Negative effects of the Age of Exploration include the spread of fatal diseases, decades of warfare, the destruction of many Indigenous Peoples’ civilizations, and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Other effects are more difficult to define as good or bad, such as the spread of religion, economic globalization, and migration of people between Europe, A...
When teaching the Age of Exploration, or any historical period, it can be helpful for students to have a general timeline of important events and when they occurred.
Now that you’ve the basics, it’s time to dig in deeper! After all, you can’t teach what you don’t know! Here are a few wonderful resources which will help you better understand the Age of Exploration: 1. The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History– This informative YouTube video gives a great overview of the time period 2. Free Online US ...
One of the hardest things about teaching is time management! How much time should you spend on each subject? What topics are most important? To help you teach the Age of Exploration, I’ve created a two-week pacing guide. Suggested Pacing Guide: Note: Each lesson is around 45 minutes long. This pacing guide is the same one I use in my Age of Explora...
No matter what historical time period you’re teaching, primary sources are such an important resource! Primary sources help students connect with history and feel like real historians! However, with so many primary sources out there it can be time-consuming and overwhelming to find appropriate and relevant ones. To help you when teaching the Age of...
Description of Primary Source:
This map by Martin Waldseemüller is often called “America’s Birth Certificate” because it is the first map that labels America and shows it as a separate land mass.
Class Discussion Questions:
1. What do you see? 2. After looking at the map, what places do you see? 3. What decorative illustrations do you see? What could they mean? 4. Why do you think this map was made? 5. How does it compare to a current world map?
Resources for this Primary Source:
1. View the map(I recommend having students view this one on the computer so they can zoom in. The details are amazing!) 2. Lesson plan(Library of Congress) 3. Student worksheet(National Archives) Need more Age of Exploration Primary Sources? Click here to read the blog post.
Another fabulous resource for teaching the Age of Exploration is videos. Videos help students visualize new information and are a great way to engage reluctant learners. The only problem with videos is they can often include content that isn’t appropriate for the classroom. No one wants to accidentally show something like that in their class, so I’...
Ted Ed’s compelling and quick summary of the Atlantic Slave Trade6 minutesMy rating: age 9+Notes: The animation is excellent and the narration is concise and easy to follow. This would be a great introductory video for teaching about the Atlantic Slave Trade.The last resource I want to highlight for teaching about the Age of Exploration is picture books. Picture books can wonderful for all ages and grade levels! They give information in a simple and engaging way, and they often give more personal perspectives on historical issues.To help save you time, I’ve compiled a teacher-approved list of Age of Ex...
Dec 27, 2023 · [NOTE: It has recently become more common for students to take all of grade 8 & grade 9 to go from the Age of Revolution up through modern history to the present day.] Sample Lessons and Free Curriculum. Live Education curriculum samples: Benjamin Franklin from Early American History: Natives, Colonists, and Revolutionaries
Unit Overview. Unit 2 examines: the Age of Absolutism in Europe. the Age of Enlightenment. the Scientific Revolution. the American Revolution. the French Revolution. the spread of Revolutions to the West. how of these contributed to the spread of Nationalism. Enduring Understanding. The struggle for power is a constant in all societies.
