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9/13/2011 Materials for class: DO this now: – Agenda Agenda Message: – Notebook 1. The Great Convergence – Pencils Quiz #1 is Friday. – American Before Columbus notes 2. NACR Postcard assignment due Friday. Glue the Quiz Study Guide into your notebook. Do Now for 9/12/11 You will need an entire page for this do now Create this chart on that page: Observations Inferences Observations are things that can Inferences are the thoughts we be touched on the screen… have about what the observations mean… Draw a line under your observations and inferences. Write: Who’s perspective (point of view) is expressed in this painting? Native Americans or Spanish explorers? Give at least 2 reasons how you know. THE LEGACY OF COLUMBUS If the note is in ALL italics, you don’t need to write it down… Old World “Old World” is the name given by the Europeans to the continents of Africa, Asia and Europe New World “New World” is the name given by Europeans to the Americas– North and South America Christopher Columbus Columbus hoped that by sailing west he could find a short-cut route to the Spice Islands near India (*note: most navigators at this time were sailing south and east to Asia) Christopher Columbus After failing to gain Columbus’s mission the support of Italy was to sail west to and Portugal, Asia– he was bring Columbus finally back items of value secured the backing of Queen Isabella and to claim any and King Ferdinand lands he explored of Spain for Spain Christopher Columbus In August 1492, Columbus set sail with 3 ships (Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria), 90 sailors, and a year’s worth of supplies Christopher Columbus On October 12, 1492 Columbus’s ships landed on an island in the Bahamas Columbus claimed the island and named it San Salvador (“Holy Savior”) Believing he had reached islands near India, Columbus pronounced the native peoples “Indians.” Really, the natives were the Taino. Another perspective on Columbus… Encounter by Jane Yolen From what perspective is the story Encounter told? What do the Taino give to the Spanish? What do the Spanish give to the Taino? Bulleted summary of story. The Legacy of Columbus Between 1492 and 1502, Spain, Portugal, England, Christopher Columbus sailed France, and the Netherlands to the New World 4 times– all sent explorers to claim he claimed much land for land in the New World. Spain and came into contact with many Native Americans. If Columbus “discovered” America, then how did The voyages of Columbus America get its name? changed the way Europeans In 1501, an explorer for looked at the world. Spain, Amerigo Vespucci, sailed along the coast of European countries raced to South America– based on send explorers to explore the his journals a German map- “New World” that Columbus maker named the land “discovered.” “America” The Legacy of Columbus As a result of Columbus’s They also brought back voyages, a new era of to Europe plants and interaction began between animals they found in Europe and the Americas the Americas Europeans even began to create settlements in the This transfer of people, New World called colonies plants, animals and diseases between the These European explorers Old World and New and settlers took plants and World became known animals with them to the as the Columbian Americas Exchange in honor of Columbus. The Legacy of Columbus Title the next page in your notebook: “The Columbian Exchange.” Turn to page 27 in the paperback atlas. You need to create this map in your notebook—as best as you can…including: *Sketch New World/Old World continents *Label the continents *Color code the New and Old Worlds *Label the oceans/lightly shade the oceans blue *List/identify the products that were transferred *Create your key When you are finished, come see me for a recipe– record the ingredients in your notebook, then write this question and answer it: Would this dish have been possible BEFORE the Columbian Exchange? Why or why not?
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