Summary
In this lesson students analyze images, take notes while viewing a video, and create advertisements over four tools used by European explorers during the Age of Exploration. Students reflect on how the introduction of tools through cultural diffusion influenced European exploration.
Essential Question(s)
How did the arrival of new technology influence European exploration?
Snapshot
Engage
Students read three statements about the Age of Exploration and use the Fiction in the Facts strategy to decide which statement is false.
Explore
Students view images of four navigational tools and make observations and inferences.
Explain
Students watch a video about the navigational tools and fill out a graphic organizer.
Extend
Students create an advertisement for a navigational tool.
Evaluate
Students respond to the essential question in the form of an exit ticket.
Materials
Lesson Slides (attached)
Exploration Tools Posters (attached; one per group or class)
Exploration Chart handout (attached; one per student)
Exploration Chart Sample Responses (attached)
TIP Tools handout (attached; one per student)
Pencils
Copy paper
Markers/colored pencils
Engage
5 Minute(s)
Use the attached Lesson Slides to guide the lesson. Begin with slide 3 and introduce the Fiction in the Facts strategy to students. Tell students to read the three statements on the slide, then decide which two statements are true and which one is false. Provide time for students to read the statements and discuss which ones are true and false with a neighboring student. Ask several students to share what they think.
Move to slide 4 which reveals the true and false statements. Review the essential question and lesson objective on slides 5 and 6.
Explore
20 Minute(s)
Display slide 7 and pass out the attached Exploration Chart handout to each student. Introduce students to the Painting a Picture strategy. Tell students to make observations about four sets of images, then use their observations plus their prior knowledge to make inferences about the images.
At this point, if you have chosen not to hang up the image sets around the room, place students into small groups and pass out the attached Exploration Tools Posters to each group. Alternatively, transition through slides 8–11 and have students view the image sets on each slide. Pause on each image set and allow time for students to discuss then record their observations and inferences.
Explain
15 Minute(s)
Display slide 12 and pass out the attached TIP Tools handout to each student. Have students use the TIP Chart strategy to take notes as they watch a short video about navigational tools used during the Age of Exploration.
Move to slide 13 to show students the video. Consider pausing the video after each tool is described to give students ample time to complete that row in the chart.
After the video, have students partner up and compare what they wrote down from the video and the observations and inferences they wrote down on the Exploration Tools handout from earlier in the lesson. Have students discuss which of their inferences were correct and which were incorrect.
Display slide 14 and bring the class back together. Use the guiding questions on the slide to have a whole-class discussion about the introduction of navigational technology from outside of Europe and how it was used for exploration. Ask students to reflect and share their thoughts on how European explorers’ use of these tools affected the world.
Extend
30 Minute(s)
Display slide 15 and place students into pairs. Tell students to create a poster advertisement for one of the exploration tools. Pass out copy paper and colored pencils or markers. Have students choose a tool, or tell each pair which tool to focus on. Provide time for students to create their advertisement. Display the advertisements around the classroom.
Evaluate
5 Minute(s)
Display slide 16 and have each student complete an Exit Ticket in response to the following question: How did the arrival of new technology influence European exploration?
Have students respond to the question on the back of the TIP Tools handout. Collect the handouts to review and check for student understanding of the lesson content.
Resources
K20 Center. (n.d.). Bell Ringers and Exit Tickets. Strategies.https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/125
K20 Center. (n.d.). Fiction in the Facts. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/60
K20 Center. (2021). Navigation tools during the Age of Exploration [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD04eYrfLz0
K20 Center. (n.d.). Painting a Picture. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/1331
K20 Center. (n.d.). TIP Chart. Strategies. https://learn.k20center.ou.edu/strategy/185