§1.3: The discovery of America (P.2)

§1.3: The discovery of America (P.2)



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§1.3: The discovery of America (P.2)



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Previous learning goals
What was the Reconquista?
Who was Christopher Columbus?

Slide 2 - Slide

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.
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Connect the key terms to the right description.
Correct answers
1-C
2-A
3-B
4-D

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Why did Ferdinand and Isabella NOT support Columbus before 1492?

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Why did Ferdinand and Isabella NOT support Columbus before 1492?
They were too busy with the Reconquista of Granada to bother with exploration.

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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?

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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.

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

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Columbus set sail from Spain in three ships: 
the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

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''Create a western sea route (!) for the gold and spread Catholicism!''
Made possible by scientists, such as Toscanelli.

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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?

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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?

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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

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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. 

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In the United States, 
the second Monday in October  is
Columbus Day.

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Columbus Day
1. Why do Italian immigrants 
   support Columbus Day?

2. Why do some people want 
     to rename the parade to 
     ''Indigenous Peoples' Day''?

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Slide 19 - Video

What? Create a summary of §1.3.
How? Individually or in pairs.
Duration? End of the lesson.

Done?
Have the summary checked by 
              the teacher.  
Homework of §1.3!

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Summary
- All key terms + definitions.

- Important dates in 
   chronological order
   (early  - late).

- Key events (e.g. Reconquista)
   

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

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

Slide 23 - Open question

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

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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.

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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

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Why did Ferdinand and Isabella not support
Columbus before 1492?

Slide 27 - Open question

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

Slide 28 - Open question

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

Slide 29 - Open question

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?

Slide 30 - Open question

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?

Slide 31 - Open question

Why did Columbus call the local inhabitants "Indians"?

Slide 32 - Open question

Why was the New World eventually called "America"?

Slide 33 - Open question

Do you know what country was named after Columbus later?

Slide 34 - Open question

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

Slide 35 - Slide

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

Slide 36 - Open question

Which one is the odd one out?
A
the Americas
B
West-Indies
C
East-Indies
D
New World

Slide 37 - Quiz

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

Slide 38 - Open question

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

Slide 39 - Open question

Slide 40 - Link

Slide 41 - Video