Lesson 1

Objective: The student will be able to demonstrate knowledge on the motivations and obstacles for exploration.

Warm Up

  1. Come into the classroom silently and complete the Warm Up.
  2. Finished- Read through the following links.

Presentation:

Please get out you social studies notebook and lets begin talking about our subject for today’s class.

Journal Entry:

  1. Design a 2-3 paragraph journal entry about you as an explorer.
    • You may be as creative as you like, but it must include the following.
  2. Must Include:
    • Motivations for your exploration: where are you going/why?
    • Possible Obstacles: what could keep you from exploring?
    • Background information and creativity from you about your story/journal entry.
  3. Click Here for Link
  4. Finished, move to the next section.

Share

  1. Take a moment to answer the following questions in the Dotstorming below.
    • What was the most important motivation for explorers to head to the New World?
    • What obstacle do you think kept them from exploring?
  2. DOTSTORMING LINK
  3. Padlet Link

Quickcheck:

  1. Let’s reflect now on what you have learned. Please click the link to complete an assessment on this information:
  2. Google Form Link

Extensions:

  1. Click Here for the extension sheet, please follow the directions and complete one extension.