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World History – Content/Literacy Standards
Unit 5: Exploration and Discovery - Chapters 14-15
Timeframe: 10 days
Course: World History Grade: 9
Standards Addressed
SS.912.W.3.19 SS.912.G.1.1 LACC.910.RH.3.8
SS.912.W.4.11 SS.912.G.4.7 LACC.910.RH.3.9
SS.912.W.4.13 SS.912.H.3.1 LACC.910.WHST.1.2
SS.912.W.4.14 LACC.910.RH.2.4 LACC.910.WHST.2.5
SS.912.W.4.15
LACC.910.RH.3.7
Essential Questions
• What effects did European exploration have on the people of Africa, Asia and the
Americas
• What were the causes and effects of the Age of Exploration (Discovery)
• How did the Atlantic slave trade shape the lives and economies of Africans and
Europeans
Understand
Students will understand that…
• exploration was caused by many factors.
• the African slave trade was a result of exploration and colonization.
• exploration and colonization was approached in various ways by different European
countries.
• the Columbian Exchange had a major impact on all areas of the world.
Know
Students will know:
• the various reasons for Exploration.
• the major explorers and their routes.
• how the African slave trade developed
and grew.
• the impact of conquest/colonization on
native populations.
• the various political and economic
systems used by European countries in
areas they settled.
• how the Columbian Exchange
impacted the world as a whole.
Do
Students will be able to:
• summarize the causes of exploration
and discovery.
• identify the major voyages,
individuals and sponsor countries.
• design and use maps to understand
the routes of the major explorers.
• examine the various economic and
political systems developed by the
various European countries.
• explain the origins of slavery and
other forms of forced labor used by
Europeans.