Assignment Nine
The World in 1491
Due Sept. 27 or by Sept. 24 for extra credit, 120 points
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Essential questions What was the balance of world power like in 1491? What was life in the Western Hemsiphere like before the arrival of the Europeans? Who were the dominant empires? What movements were influencing Europe before the discovery of the Western Hemisphere?
Description We are going to look at western Europe and the Americas just before the arrival of the Europeans in the Americas. Objectives Students will identify and explain the answers to the essential questions listed at the top of this section. Instructions Complete the handout. You may work with a partner, and we will do some pair sharing in class as well. Rubric See the handout |
Links you will use with this assignment A copy of the assignment Click here to view a printed copy of this assignment. Other online files To access the chapters of the textbook we will be using for the first month or so of class, click here. Click here to access Chapter 20 of the textbook. Here is the link to the PowerPoint file, 1491, we used in class. Click here to view the Kahn Academy video about Pre-Columbian America we viewed in class. To access the PowerPoint about the peopling of the Americas, we used in class, click here. To access the PowerPoint about European conflict for control fo the New World, click here.
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