Period 1, Day 2 Classwork: Causes of Spanish Colonization

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Note from the author:
Content Objective: I will be able to identify at least two causes of Spanish colonization
Standard Objective: I will be able to contextualize the surrounding time period of a primary source text.

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Content Objective: I will be able to identify at least two causes of Spanish colonization
Standard Objective: I will be able to contextualize the surrounding time period of a primary source text.

Absent? Just want to review the notes? Click here for the slides.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions based on your understanding of last night’s reading.

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One interesting historical fact I learned is…

If you didn't do the reading, come back to this question by the end of the lesson.

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Do you think there is a difference between the term “Native American” and “Indians”? Explain.

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Please rate how well you understood the reading on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, ask them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Why is the children’s rhyme, “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” inaccurate?

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Portuguese _______ in the 1400s inaugurated an era of aggressive European expansion across the Atlantic. The Spanish, threatened by the Portuguese monopoly on enslaved Africans and expansion in the Atlantic, started their own _______ project with Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Colonization (noun) - the action or process of taking _______ of an area and sending your own people to live there.
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Why do you think a nation would want to colonize an area?

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Match each of the 3 G's to the appropriate definition!

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Gold
New sources of wealth (trade with Asia)
God
Converting natives to Christianity (Catholicism)
Glory
Gaining power & status (for self & country)

Applying Knowledge: Great job! Now, we will practice analyzing a primary source document as historians.

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Sourcing: When given a text to analyze on the SAT Reading and APUSH exams, what is the very first thing you should read?

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On the AP or SAT exam, what should you do if you encounter a word you don't know?

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Historical Context: What do you know was happening in history at the time this document was created?

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Okay let's practice! As used in line 2, "trifles" most nearly means

Under "Show Your Work," please include the specific words/phrases that you used as clues.

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Exit Ticket: Based on your understanding of the historical context, Columbus’ description the Taíno people as “wonderfully attached to us” and “accepted anything and gave what they had with the utmost good will” would lead to the

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Exit Ticket: Please rate how well you understood the lesson on a scale from 1 to 4: