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Early Exploration

Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 4
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Explore, Colombus, New World
Lesson Description: Students will learn about early explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Ponce de Leon, and learn about the struggles and hardships they experienced when traveling across the Atlantic, and they can use this information to compare and contrast to explorers in more recent times.

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Video : The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4

Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed and take notes on it, remembering key people and details.

Description: The video discusses early European explorers from the 15th and 16th century, and talks their reasons for setting out to explore the world and what they experienced.

Quiz : European Exploration Quiz.

Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.

Question #1

The main reason the Europeans set on their ships was to find an alteate route to Asia?

A) True

B) False

Question #2

What country was Prince Henry the Navigator, the Prince of?

A) France

B) Spain

C) England

D) Portugal

E) Holland

Question #3

What was the motto of the Iberian pathfinders?

A) To Infinity and Beyond

B) God, Gold, and Glory

C) One small step for man, One giant step for mankind.

D) Excelsior!

E) For King and Country

Question #4

Who were the King and Queen that Christopher Colombus asked to help fund his expedition, and what country were they the rulers of?

Student Response

Question #5

What is Ferdinand Magellan famous for?

A) First man to make Pizza

B) First man to swim in the Atlantic

C) First man to sail around the entire world

D) The man who invented sailing.

E) The man who invented the telescope.

Question #6

Who was the explorer that met the Aztecs in Mexico and discovered TENOCHTITLAN?

A) Juan Ponce de Leon

B) Hernan Cortez

C) Christopher Colombus

D) Francisco Coronado

E) Nicolaus Copernicus

Question #7

Who were the people that Francisco Pizzaro came in contact with in mode-day Peru?

A) The Aztecs

B) The Seminoles

C) The Apache

D) The Inca

E) The Iroquis

Question #8

Name the 3 instruments listed in the video that explorers used to navigate.

Student Response

Question #9

What did the treaty of Tordesillas dictate?

Student Response

Question #10

Were the explorers mentioned in the video successful in what they set out to do? write your reasoning as to why you say yes or no.

Student Response

Description: Test your Knowledge! time to show what you know! Let's see if you watched the video enough times and wrote the your needed information.

Resources : Bonus European Explorer information.

Instructions: Please watch the videos below for additional information.

Age of dicovery
An additional video for the students to watch.

European Explorer
A fun short video about the Explorers.

European Explorer Song
A fun song for students to listen to to help them remeber information.

Description: Additional Videos for the students to watch regarding the lesson topic.

Standards: None

Video : The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4

Quiz : European Exploration Quiz.

Resources : Bonus European Explorer information.