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Subject(s)
Grade/Course
Unit of Study
Unit Title
Pacing
Social Studies
7th
Unit 3
Age of Exploration and Global Exchange
13 days
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Conceptual Lenses
Global Interaction
Competition
Technology
Unit Overview
Motivations for Exploration- (God, gold & glory)
Who were the power players?
Spanish, Portuguese, British, Dutch and French
Desire for new trade routes
Power and Control
Portuguese: East – Coast of Africa and India (de Gama & Prince Henry)
• Sea route to Asia that avoids the Ottoman Empire
Spanish: Finance Columbus – opposite direction of Portuguese
• WHO CAN GET THERE FIRST?
British: Sir Francis Drake - plunder Spanish ships
Spread of Christianity
Effects of Global Interaction
Conquest of land
Built mines and plantations
Enslaved native people to work mines & plantations
Columbian Exchange- 1st Global Age
Goods, ideas, animals & diseases traveled between Europe, Africa and Americas
Impacts of spread of diseases (smallpox)
Death of Native Americans = need for labor force
Triangle Trade slaves from Africa
Exploration and slave trade increased innovation in transportation
Benefits of mission efforts
Colonization of Africa & Americas
Encomienda, Ethnocentric attitude, racism
Effects of competition on relationships among nations
Treaty of Tordesillas – avoids war
Unit Enduring Understanding(s)
Unit Essential Question(s)
• Increasing global interaction accelerates
innovation.
• Global interaction promotes the spread of
disease.
• Competition for resources affects the
economic relationship among nations.
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How did the increase in global interaction
accelerate innovation?
How did disease affect the economic,
political, and social aspects colonized
areas?
How did competition for resources affect
the economic relationship among nations?
Essential State Standards
Priority Objectives
Supporting Objectives
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7.C.1.1 Explain how culture unites and
divides modern societies and regions.
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7.E.1.1 Explain how competition for
resources affects the economic
relationship among nations.
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7.H.2.4 Analyze the economic, political,
and social impacts of disease in modern
society.
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7.H.2.3 Explain how increased global
interaction accelerates the pace of
innovation in modern societies.
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“Unpacked” Concepts
(students need to know)
7.C.1.1 how culture unites and
divides
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7.E.1.1 competition for
resources among nations.
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7.H.2.4 the economic, political,
and social impacts of disease
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7.H.2.3 increased global
interaction accelerates the pace
of innovation
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7.G.1.1 Explain how environmental
conditions and human response to those
conditions influence modern societies and
regions.
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7.C.1.2 Explain how cultural expressions
influence modern society.
“Unpacked” Skills
(students need to be able to do)
• 7.C.1.1 Explain how culture
unites and divides
• 7.E.1.1 Explain the effect of
competition for resources
among nations.
• 7.H.2.4 Analyze impacts of
disease
• 7.H.2.3 Explain the connection
between global interaction and
the pace of innovation
COGNITION
(RBT Level)
7.C.1.1
Understand
7.E.1.1
Understand
7.H.2.3
Understand
7.H.2.4
Analyze
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Essential Vocabulary
Route
Conquest
Global
Interdependence
Imperialism
Epidemic
Pandemic
Impact
Colony
Missionary
racism
Unit “Chunking”
& Enduring
Understandings
Suggested Lesson
Essential Questions
Motivations for
Exploration
Exploration often
increased the
power and wealth
of nations.
Which European nations
participated in the Age of
Exploration?
Effects of Global
Interaction
Increased global
interaction has a
variety of
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Enrichment Vocabulary
capitalism
mercantilism
ethnocentric
encomienda
Enrichment Factual Content
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Cape of Good Hope
Barthololmeu Dias
Henry Hudson
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Jacques Cartier
Vites Bering
James Cook
Sir Francis Drake
Potential Factual Content
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Spain
Portugual
Britain
Neatherlands
France
Christopher Columbus
Prince Henry the
Navigator
Why did nations desire
• Exotic goods available
new trade routes to Asia?
only from Asia
• Avoid Ottoman Empire
• Direct trade was cheaper
What did monarchs hope
• Wealth from resources
to gain by supporting
• Power
exploration?
• Prestige
• Spread of Christianity
What technological
• Caravel
innovations helped
• Magnetic compass
promote global exploration • Astrolabe
and interaction?
• Octant
• Cartography
• Triangular sails
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1.1
1.1
1.4
2.3
1.1
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consequences.
• Marine Chronometer
What did European nations • Mines for gold & silver
do with land conquered in • Plantations
the New World?
• Natives used for forced
labor
How did the Columbian
Exchange affect Europe,
Africa and the Americas?
What were the impacts of
the spread of diseases to
the New World?
What benefits did
missionary efforts bring to
the New World?
What were the effects of
European colonization of
Africa and the Americas?
How did competition for
resources affect the
relationships among
European nations?
Sub Concepts
HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
Conquest
Colonization
Exploration
Movement
Resources
1.1
• Exchanged goods, ideas,
animals & diseases
• Smallpox, measles,
malaria
• Native populations died
• Created a need for labor
• Europeans began to ship
slaves from Africa to
Americas to work
• Triangle Trade
• Schools
• Medical care
• Support for
orphans/widows/poor
• Encomienda
• Ethnocentric attitude
• Racism
• Exploitation of native
peoples
• Tension among European
powers
• Dutch and British East
India Companies
• Treaty of Tordesillas
CIVICS &
GOVERNMENT
Power
Authority
1.1
2.4
1.1
1.2
1.2
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ECONOMICS
CULTURE
Resources
Trade
Religion
Influence
Technology
1.1
Language Objective EXAMPLES
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Key Vocabulary LO: SWBAT define and explain the terms route, global, pandemic, impact,
colony, missionary, racism.
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Language Functions LO: SWBAT summarize the motivating factors behind exploration.
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Language Skills LO: SWBAT read two passages of views about the slave trade and identify
the similarities and differences between the two. (Reading passages should be
chosen/modified in accordance with the LEP students’ zone of proximal development).
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Grammar and Language LO: SWBAT use comparatives in writing assignments (more than,
less than, greater, shorter, longer, etc.) by comparing the outcomes of regions involved in the
Columbian Exchange. Ex. The plantation owners benefited more than the city dwellers from
the slaves that were traded during the Columbian Exchange.
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Lesson Tasks LO: SWBAT read and summarize a passage about the impact of disease
during the Age of Exploration and explain this summary to a group.
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Language Learning Strategy LO: SWBAT develop a cause/effect graphic organizer
analyzing and identifying the causes and effects of The Columbian Exchange. (The
linguistic load will vary from LEP student to LEP student. Level 1-2 LEP students may need a
word bank or other supplement to complete this activity using this strategy).
Historical Thinking and Geography Skill Resources
“Straight Ahead”
“Uphill”
“Mountainous”
Historical Thinking
Geography Skills
7.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs & historical
7.G.2.1 Explain how and why civilizations have
narratives to explain particular events or issues
used, modified, and adapted to their
over time.
environments.
• Germs, Guns, and Steel Flow Chart
• Triangle Trade Lesson Plan Economy v.
• An Act for Extending and Improving the
Humanity
Trade to Africa, 1750
• A Slave’s Accounting
• "Aboard a Slave Ship": An Account by The
Rev. Robert Walsh 1829
7.G.2.2 Use maps charts, graphs, geographic
• Vasco Da Gama Round Africa to India
data, and technology tools to interpret and draw
conclusions
about social, economic, and
• Privileges granted to Christopher Columbus
environmental issues.
7.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical
documents in order to establish context.
• Global Interactions maps, charts, and
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An Act for Extending and Improving the
Trade to Africa, 1750
A Slave’s Accounting
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7.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to
interpret various historical perspectives.
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Columbian Exchange map
Slave Trade
Measles spread in Colonial America,
maps included
Political Cartoon half way down the page on
White Man’s Burden illustrating the US and
British interests
General Unit Resources
“Straight Ahead”
“Uphill”
* Teacher created handouts for Age of Exploration
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“Mountainous”
Effects of European Exploration on Latin America
Go Social Studies Go Flashbook on Age of Exploration
Global Interactions maps, charts, etc. from the time period (G2.2)
Political Cartoon half way down the page on White Man’s Burden illustrating the US and
British interests (H1.3)
An Act for Extending and Improving the Trade to Africa, 1750 (H1.1, 1.2)
A Slave’s Accounting (H1.1, 1.2)
"Aboard a Slave Ship": An Account by The Rev. Robert Walsh 1829 (H1.1)
Triangle Trade Lesson Plan Economy v. Humanity (G 2.1)
Vasco Da Gama Round Africa to India (H 1.1)
Privileges granted to Christopher Columbus (H1.1)
Columbian Exchange map (G2.2)
Slave Trade (G2.2)
Measles spread in Colonial America, maps included. (G2.2)
Age of Exploration whole unit lessons (pick through sources). Also good graphic
organizers.
Text differentiation symbols: Texts will be categorized in teacher resource documents as Straight
Ahead (less challenging for struggling readers), Uphill (having some challenging words and more
complex sentence structure that is appropriate for on-grade level readers), or Mountainous
(containing challenging vocabulary, complex sentences, and more abstract ideas).