Lesson on Monday, January 9, 2017

Aim: How did the voyages of European explorers lead to new economic systems in Europe and its colonies?

Bell Ringer: Journal 58 – Describe inflation and capitalism in your own words.

Objectives:

1.                        Students will evaluate the impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

2.                        Students will examine the various economic systems of the Netherlands, France, and England in the Americas.

Agenda:

1. Review Journal 58 (10 min)

2. All-Write-Round-Robin: (15 min)

A. Name three reasons why the Conquistadors were able to defeat the Tainos, Aztecs, and Incas, despite being outnumbered.

B. Describe the Encomienda system.

C. Draw a social class system and place these in their proper order: Africans, native americans, mestizos/mulattoes, creoles, peninsulares.

D. How did the Atlantic slave trade shape the lives and economies of Africans and Europeans?

E. How did the voyages of European explorers lead to new economic systems in Europe and its colonies?

3. Read pages 308=309 "Mercantilism Arises" (10 min)

4. Journal 59 – How did the Atlantic Slave trade shape the lives and economies of Africans and Europeans? (Use the terms: Olaudah Equiano, Middle Passage, triangular trade, Columbian Exchange) (rest of class)

Home Learning: Journal 60 – How did the voyages of European explorers lead to new economic systems in Europe and its colonies? (Use the terms: Columbian Exchange, inflation, entrepreneur, inflation, price revolution, capitalism, mercantilism, tariff) / Journals will be graded on Wednesday.

Read pages 310-311 / Answer questions 1 & 2 on a loose leaf, title it "Transforming the World: The Columbian Exchange"