Week 5, September 8-11, 2020, World History: Module 2.2 Europeans Explore the East and Module 2.3 China and Japan Reject Expansion

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Attendance, Agenda, and Pledge of Allegiance Standards: 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3

Objectives: SWBAT

• Identify reasons why people have pursued exploration.
• Evaluate the relationship between past empires and our world.
• Create presentation on peoples’ expansion throughout the world.

Essential Question: Why were people of the Age of Exploration willing to risk lives and fortunes to expand the influence of their homelands?

Session 1 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Letter from the Crown

Reading 10 minutes: The Tools of Exploration Module 2 Lesson 2 p. 53 #1-2

Lecture 20 minutes: Europeans Explore the East 

Reading 10 minutes: Europeans Explore the East, 1487-1700 p. 57 #1-2

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 2.2. Europeans Explore the East p.16-18 

Session 2 

Warm Up 10 minutes: The Forbidden City p. 61 #1-2

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 2.3 China and Japan Reject Expansion p.19-21 

Project Time 45 minutes

Requirements: 

1. Title Page
2. Big Idea/Why it matters now
3. Key Terms and People
4. Summary of each section in lesson
5. What did you learn?
6. Why were people of the Age of Exploration willing to risk lives and fortunes to expand the influence of their homelands?
7. Multiple Choice Questions for each question
8. Conclusion

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objective