Technological developments that shaped European exploration
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Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 1 hour
Keywords/Tags: exploration, Technology
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn about the different advances in technological developments that shaped European exploration. Students will learn about the orienteering compass, sextant, astrolabe, seaworthy ships, and gunpowder, and how those advances helped.

  • SS.5.A.3.1 Describe technological developments that shaped European exploration.
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Video : Navigation Tools During the Age of Exploration
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: European explorers utilized technologies that originated outside of Europe to navigate the oceans during the Age of Exploration. This video details some of the tools that enabled oceanic exploration.
Reading : READ: Technology in the Age of Exploration
Instructions: Please read the following article as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through the rest of the lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the following lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the article if needed.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-origins/era-5-the-first-global-age/x23c41635548726c4:other-materials-origins-era-5/a/technology-in-the-age-of-exploration

Quiz : Quiz 1
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct match for each description.
Question #1
A Telescope is an instrument that measured the position of stars. It allowed sailors to determine their latitude while at sea
Question #2
A Carvel was developed by the Portuguese in the late 1400s, this three masted ship sailed faster than earlier ships and carried more cargo and food supplies.
Question #3
An Astrolabe is a optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer.
Question #4
How did new technologies affect the age of exploration? How do you think the world would be different without those tools? Write atleast 1-2 paragraphs 
Resources : Technology in the Age of Exploration
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Technology in the Age of Exploration

READ: Technology in the Age of Exploration

9 Greatest Technological Innovations That Triggered the Age of Exploration

Description: This timeline is designed for you to investigate how Europeans were able to explore the Americas.