§1.3: The discovery of America (P.2)

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§1.3: The discovery of America (P.2)

Previous learning goals

What was the Reconquista?

Who was Christopher Columbus?

Connect the key terms to the right description.

Key terms	Descriptions
1. Reconquista	A. The last Muslim stronghold in Spain, which was captured in 1492, marking the end of the Reconquista.
2. Granada	B. A term used to describe the Muslim inhabitants who controlled parts of the Iberian Peninsula for several centuries.
3. Moors	C. The historic campaign led by Christian kingdoms to reclaim territory from Muslim rule, culminating in 1492.
4. Columbus	D. An explorer who hoped to find a western route to reach Asia.

Connect the key terms to the right description.

Correct answers

1-C

2-A

3-B

4-D

Why did Ferdinand and Isabella NOT support Columbus before 1492?

Why did Ferdinand and Isabella NOT support Columbus before 1492?

They were too busy with the Reconquista of Granada to bother with exploration.

Today's learning goals

What was contact like between the 'Indians' and the Spanish?

ALWAYS write these down in your notebook!

What was the New World?

1. Think

Imagine you are one of the native people, and you see Columbus and his crew for the first time. Think about how you would feel and what you might think.  

Write down your answers to these questions:

1. How do you think the native people felt when they saw Columbus and his crew?

2. What do you think the native people thought about Columbus and his crew?

2. Pair

Now, find a partner and share your answers. Talk about your ideas together.

Here are some questions to help you talk with your partner:

- How do you think Columbus felt when he saw the native 

people?

- If you were Columbus, what would you do?

- What are the differences or similarities between your 

ideas and your partner's?

3. Share

Get ready to share with the class! 

Think about these questions for the class discussion:

1. How do you think the meeting felt for both Columbus and the native people?

2. What might have been exciting or scary about meeting someone so different?

Goals for this lesson

At the end of this lesson you know...

• What the Reconquista was in Spain.
• What Ferdinand and Isabella hoped to gain from supporting Columbus.
• When Columbus discovered America.
• How the contact was between the Spanish and the 'Indians'.
• Why the New World was named America.

After the fall of Granada (1492), the couple could look to expand their power to other lands...

Columbus set sail from Spain in three ships: 

the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

''Create a western sea route (!) for the gold and spread Catholicism!''

Made possible by scientists, such as Toscanelli.

Columbus discovered the New World (America) in 1492. This would have major consequences...

Beantwoordt deze vragen:

- Wie was Columbus?

- Waar zocht hij naar 

    (plaats + product) en is dit 

    hem gelukt?

- Wat waren de indianen?

First contact

1. What event does this 

    drawing depict?

2. How do the local people 

     react to this event?

3. Do you see the reasons why

     the Spanish wanted to 

     explore the New World?

Soon after Columbus set foot on land, the island's local inhabitants came up to him and his men. He believed he had arrived in the Indies, so he called them Indians. In his journal, he wrote: (see source B)

Columbus gave the inhabitants glass beads and other objects of little value to him, but this seemed to make the Indians even more friendly towards him. He wrote: (see source C)

The Indians brought parrots, cotton threads, darts and many other things as gifts for Columbus and his crew. He received them and they explained that gold could be found on a bigger island, not far from their own.

Source B

"They appear to be people who are very poor in everything. They are as naked as the moment they were born. They have handsome bodies, and their skin colour is neither white nor black.Their long hair is coarse, almost like that of a horse's tail. Some of them painted their bodies in white, black or red colours."

Source C

"I think that they could be good servants, and they could easily become good Christians for they do not seem to have a religion themselves."

Christopher Columbus setting foot in the New World

New world

• Many Spanish ships came after Columbus.
• A few years after Amerigo Vespucci discovered that the newly discovered lands weren't the Indies. In 1507 it was first called America. 

In the United States, 

the second Monday in October  is

Columbus Day.

Columbus Day

1. Why do Italian immigrants 

   support Columbus Day?

2. Why do some people want 

     to rename the parade to 

     ''Indigenous Peoples' Day''?

What? ex. 9ab, 10, 12 and 13 page 23.

How? Individually for the first 5 min.

Duration? End of the lesson.

Done?

Homework of §1.3!

Summary

- All key terms + definitions.

- Important dates in 

   chronological order

   (early  - late).

- Key events (e.g. Reconquista)

   

New land

• 1492: Discovery new land.
• Planted a Spanish flag in the Bahamas.
• He thought he found a new sea route to Asia. 

Describe how you think the first contact between the Europeans and Native Americans went?

First contact

• Columbus thought he was in India -> called the people Indians.
• Columbus received gifts from the locals.

5. The Time of Discoverers and Reformers

Lesson 2. Discovery and Conquest (1)

What is this lesson about?

The Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella united their two kingdoms and defeated the Moors in the south of Spain. After this, they looked for possibilities to expand their power and Catholic religion to other lands. Christopher Columbus convinced them to lend him ships to sail west. By doing this he discovered a new continent that would eventually be called America.

Word Duty

KEY WORDS

Reconquista: the name for the war in which Christians reconquered 

Spain on the Moors 

Indians: the name Columbus gave to the natives of America 

New World: nickname of America given by Europeans who hoped 

to start a new life there

Why did Ferdinand and Isabella not support
Columbus before 1492?

Why would the king of Portugal not have been very pleased with Columbus' plans?

Why would the Spanish king Ferdinand react differently to the proposals of Columbus?

Columbus' crew was made up of criminals who had to choose between sailing to the other side of the world or to rot in jail.

Why would it have been hard for Columbus to get a
normal crew for his voyage?

On a long voyage, food would gradually run out.
At some point Columbus reached a "point of no return".
Can you think of what that meant?

Why did Columbus call the local inhabitants "Indians"?

Why was the New World eventually called "America"?

Do you know what country was named after Columbus later?

In this world map, made in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller, the name America was first used.

Look at the map by Waldseemüller.
Which continent is still missing in this map?

Which one is the odd one out?

1. the Americas
2. West-Indies
3. East-Indies
4. New World

Use the pictures in the previous slide to describe the controversy of the celebration of Columbus Day.

Here you can ask a question about something from this lesson that you don't fully understand.

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