Social Studies. Exploration unit

1. THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
Why Do We Explore?

2. WHY DO PEOPLE EXPLORE?
Unit Question:

3. 1. Brainstorm on your own
- “Why do people
explore?”
- 4-5 minutes
YOUR TURN:
2. Ask a friend and
brainstorm some more.

4. Between you and you
partner create a K/W/L chart
to answer the following… 5
minutes.
What factors inspired
exploration of the New
World?
K/W/L with a partner
2. How does
exploration
lead to
change?

6. WHAT FACTORS INSPIRED
EXPLORATION OF THE NEW
WORLD?
KWL Ideas:
To discover
Trade
Knowledge
Answer questions (was the world
flat?)
How did they navigate?
Who was there first?

7. THE PUSH FACTORS

8. WRITE: WHERE WOULD YOU
RATHER LIVE? WHY?
A. B.

9. PUSH & PULL FACTORS

10. What does this image tell you?

11. DEFINITIONS:
What is a PUSH factor?
What is a PULL factor?

12. POSTER ASSIGNMENT:
Select one of either: Marco Polo & The Renaissance, New
Technology & Navigation, or Demand and Competition
Read your information package.
Create your poster using the template on the Assignment
Sheet.
Add colour and creativity to make your poster pop

14. Our PUSH factors

16. Please write in full sentences and give reasons to support your
decision
Of the three Push Factors which one do you
believe had the biggest influence in kickstarting the
Age of Exploration?

17. THE PULL FACTORS

19. at is meant by these three ideas. How might they be considered p
(Write your prediction in 2-3 sentences)

20. What would pull you towards a place
today? What pulls other people
towards new, exotic, or far off places?
Discuss this with the person beside
you.

21. r?

22. How might Gold,
Glory, or God
influence whether
you or other people
might travel or
explore today?
Exit Slip - Please write in a 3-4 full
sentences.

23. Historians use a standard shorthand, “Gold, God, and Glory,” to describe
the motives generating the overseas exploration, expansion, and
conquests that allowed various European countries to rise to world power
between 1400 and 1750. “Gold” refers to the search for material gain
through acquiring and selling Asian spices, African slaves, American
metals, and other resources. As merchants gained influence in late-
medieval western Europe, they convinced their governments to establish a
direct connection to the lucrative Asian trade, leading to the first European
voyages of discovery in the 1400s. “God” refers to the militant crusading
and missionary traditions of Christianity, characterized in part by rivalry
with Islam and hatred of non-Christian religions. “Glory” alludes to the
competition between monarchies. Some kings sought to establish their
claims to newly contacted territories so as to strengthen their position in
European politics and increase their power at the expense of the
landowning nobility. They also embraced the ideology of mercantilism,
which held that governments and large private companies should
cooperate to increase the state’s wealth by increasing the reserves of
precious metals. Motivated by these three aims, several western European
peoples gained control or influence over widening segments of the globe
during the Early Modern Era.

24. Our PULL Factors

25. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

27. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Who was Christopher
Columbus?
What did he do?
Why did he do it?
Class Brainstorm

28. DISCUSS WITH A PARTNER: WHAT DO THESE TWO IMAG

29. Write in 2-3 sentences:
Do you believe Christopher
Columbus’s life should be
celebrated or not?
Give 2 reasons why?
or
Why do you think such massively
different interpretations of the
legacy of Columbus exist?
EXIT SLIP

30. HOW DOES EXPLORATION LEAD TO
CHANGE?

31. The Catholic Church
The Exploring/Conquering Nation
The Merchants
New World Indigenous Peoples
Yesterday:
How did these groups
gain/lose from
exploration?

32. THE PULL FACTOR - GOD
How did the pull factor “God”
lead to change for explorers
and indigenous inhabitants?

34. HISTORICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
What events are being shown in this image?
Who are the two different groups of people shown?
Which group appears to be in power or dominant over the
other? Does the position of the groups give you an hints?
If you were alive during this time and you saw this image,
what would you think of the relationship between the two
groups?

35. “EL REQUERIMIENTO”
THE SPANISH REQUIREMENT OF
1513
A document written in 1513 by the
Spanish King and Queen that allowed
their explorers to punish, enslave,or
harm any indigenous people who did not
convert to Christianity.
Upon meeting indigenous people
Spanish explorers were told to read the
document to them to explain their
intentions. If there was resistance, the
Spanish believed they had the right to
respond with force.
The document claimed that God “held
authority as ruler over the entire Earth,”
and that the indigenous people should
accept God.

36. 1. How would a document like the Spanish Requirement of
1513 influence the way the Spanish explorers treated
indigenous people?
2. Do you believe that the Spanish Requirement of 1513 may
have made things worse for the indigenous people than if it
had never existed at all?
3. In Source 2 is Atahuallpa’s reaction to the Holy Book of
Laws surprising?

37. Pizarro seizing the Inca of Peru - 1846

38. Write in 3-4 full sentences:
Religious belief was often used as
justification for the Spanish
Conquistadors (Explorers) actions
against the Inca people. Can you think
of any other examples, modern or
historic, where religion has been used
in a way to bring harm to other
peoples? What about an example
where religion has been used as a
positive to help other? Explain
EXIT SLIP

39. ould men claiming to be working on God’s behalf justify such beh

40. THE HUMAN COST OF
EXPLORATION

41. THE PULL FACTOR - GOLD
How did the pull factor “Gold”
lead to change for explorers
and indigenous inhabitants?

42. ers cut off the hands of indigenous miners who failed to meet thei
Source: Thedor de Bry - 1590s

43. Pg. 263
Pathways Textbook

44. 1) Do the authors of the textbook make you
see the indigenous peoples discussed as
victims of European aggression or as the
unfortunate consequence of exploration?
2) Who are presented as the “bad guys” and
who are presented as the “good guys?”
3) How did gold play a role in what
happened to either group?
To think about…

45. On Indigenous Peoples On Europeans
THE EFFECTS OF CONQUEST
•Enslaved or killed by Spanish
•Aboriginal faith destroyed
•Written records destroyed
•Ceremonial and cultural spaces
destroyed
•Suicide was rampant
•Disease killed millions
•Caused wars amongst each
other

48. THE EFFECT OF
EXPLORATION ON
EUROPEANS

49. THE PULL FACTOR - GOLD
How did the pull factor “Gold”
lead to change for explorers
and indigenous inhabitants?

50. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5OiHDvwyMs
The Lost World of El Dorado

52. On Indigenous Peoples On Europeans
THE EFFECTS OF CONQUEST
•Spain becomes rich and
powerful
•Riches went to nobles,
so they keep the power
•Middle class is weak
•Prices in Europe
skyrocket
•European economies are
almost ruined
•Enslaved or killed by Spanish
•Aboriginal faith destroyed
•Written records destroyed
•Ceremonial and cultural spaces
destroyed
•Suicide was rampant
•Disease killed millions
•Caused wars amongst each
other

53. Inflation Video

54. INFLATION: AN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE
• Inflation is a sustained
increase in the general
price level of goods and
services in an economy
over a period of time.
In simpler terms…more
money is available to use
for spending but the supply
of goods is staying the
same. Prices of goods rise
as a way to keep up with
the demand. Money loses
its value as a result.

55. HOW DID GLORY SHAPE THE
“NEW WORLD” AND OUR
OWN?

56. THE PULL FACTOR - GLORY
How did the pull factor “Glory”
lead to change for explorers,
indigenous inhabitants, and the
“New World.”

58. * Navigated British Columbia,
Washington, Oregon, and
Alaska in 1791-95
* For his explorations we have
named both Vancouver city
and Island after him.
* Also, his statue sits atop the
Parliament building in Victoria.
George Vancouver

59. Discuss this with your desk partner:
What is legacy?
How do fame and legacy drive people to act?
With a partner create a definition for:
“Legacy”

61. ZHENG HE - THE
GREATEST
EXPLORER YOU'VE
NEVER HEARD OF

62. ZHENG HE - SHOULD WE
CELEBRATE THE VOYAGES OF
ZHENG HE?
1) Compare the number of ships and the voyages of Zheng He
to Columbus. What do these numbers tell you about his
voyages compared to the more famous European explorers?
2) John Green asks us to imagine what would have happened
if the Chinese had chosen to continue to explore rather than
to isolate themselves. Why did the Chinese decide to stop,
what was their priority?
3) Did glory factor into the Chinese decision not to keep
exploring?

63. TEST REVIEW

64. Which definition best describes a Push factor?
A - An event or condition that motivates one to stay put.
B - An event or condition that motivates one to leave a
place.
C - An event or condition that motivates you toward a
place.

65. Which of the following was not a reason for the end of Zheng
He's voyages?
A - Costly wars began to bankrupt the empire and building ships
became to costly
B - His death
C - Emperor Yongle's Death
D - He was forced to stop exploring by Columbus and other
European explorer's

66. The Spanish Requirement of 1513 gave Spanish
conquistadors some unique powers. These powers
are an example of what pull factor?
A - Gold
B - God
C - Guns
D - Glory

67. A number of factors helped to push Europeans to
explore. Which of these was not an example of a push
factor.
A - War and Conflict
B - Marco Polo & The Renaissance
C - Navigation and Technology
D - Demand & Competition

68. Pick your preferred answer: Columbus has been credited with a number
of accomplishments. Which of the following actions do you think he
should be most well-known for?
A - Proving the Earth was round
B - Discovering America
C- The mistreatment of Indigenous peoples
D - Bringing back the riches of the New World back to Europe

70. What is this image not showing?
A - Peaceful interactions between explorers and Indigenous
people
B - The glory of exploration
C - The introduction of Christianity to the New World
D - Discovering gold and riches