Adaptive Perseverance: Understand the challenges explorers faced and how they adapted to new environments and setbacks.
Responsibility: Recognize the ethical implications of historical events and their lessons for today.
Critical Thinking: Analyze historical events to understand their causes and effects.
How did the Columbian Exchange affect the diets and economies of Europe, the Americas, and Africa?
What were the social and cultural impacts of the Atlantic Slave Trade on both African and American societies?
In what ways did the wealth accumulated during the Age of Exploration contribute to the rise of powerful European empires?
Research: Use reliable sources to gather accurate and detailed information about the Age of Exploration.
Critical Thinking: Evaluate and interpret the information you find to understand the broader implications of historical events.
Analysis: Break down complex information into understandable parts and examine the relationships between them.
SS:WH:12:5.2: Examine the role and impact of religious ideas on daily life and social norms
SS:WH:12:4.5: Consider the relationship between weapons development and political or economic power
SS:WH:12:2.1:Â Describe how traders and merchants have been instrumental in spreading ideas and beliefs to new areas
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