KEY PLAYERS IN

EXPLORATION

1. Warm Up

2. Introduction to Key Players of European

Exploration

3. Baseball Card Activity

4. CNN Student News Friday: If Time

Allows

AGENDA

SWBAT differentiate between the

major explorers by creating a baseball

card for each explorer.

DAILY LEARNING

OBJECTIVE

Who were the major explorers and how

did they impact the Americas?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

What do you know about Christopher

Columbus?

List as many things that you know about

Christopher Columbus.

WARM UP

DO NOW: SET UP

CORNELL NOTES

• From Portugal

• Helped Portugal become the leader in World

Exploration

• Never actually went on a voyage

• Built an observatory and founded a navigation

school

PRINCE HENRY THE

NAVIGATOR

• From Genoa, Italy

• First to sail West across the Ocean

• Took the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa

Maria in 1492 landing in the Bahamas

• Created rift and rivalry among European

Powers

CHRISTOPHER

COLUMBUS

• Portuguese Navigator

• Led an expedition to South America, trying

to sail around the Southern Tip and into the

Pacific

• Died in a battle in the Philippines

• His crew were the first to circumnavigate, or

sail all the way around, the world

FERDINAND

MAGELLAN

• These voyages brought back to Europe

many plants and animals

• This would be called the Columbian

Exchange, named after Christopher

Columbus

THEIR IMPACT

To make sure we know about these explorers, we will be

making baseball/trading cards for them.

Each card must include the following:

Picture

Name

Their best discoveries

Where they are from

Who they sailed for

Any other unique facts

BASEBALL CARD

PROCESSING ACTIVITY