Learning About the Age of Exploration and European Explorers in The Search for New Lands by Ellen Catala
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Theme: |
European Explorers, the Age of Exploration, Reasons for Exploring New Lands, Maps/Geography
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Grades: |
3 - 5
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Subject: |
Social Studies
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Duration: |
3–5 class periods (including time to read the book
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Standards
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New Jersey State Core Content Curriculum Standards Social Studies:
Standard 6.2 - World History/Global Studies – All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think analytically and systematically about how past interactions of people, cultures and the environment affect issues across time and cultures. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed decisions as socially and ethically responsible world citizens in the 21st century.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read/listen to The Search for New Lands by Ellen Catala.
- List and describe at least two reasons for European exploration during the Age of Exploration.
- List and describe two pros and two cons that resulted from the European exploration.
- Complete activities or answer questions after each chapter in the book, analyzing the explorations and lives of several European explorers: Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and James Cook.
- Identify the five explorers outlined in the book and briefly describe their discoveries and explorations.
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