Y8: 2-1. Exploration – Introduction

Year 8A & Year 8B

Today we are going to start with a new topic – on “Exploration”.

We are going to look how technical advances during the Renaissance made exploration possible.

We are also going to consider the importance of trade with the far east during the Renaissance, by looking at:

• trading goods
• trade routes

Follow the instructions step by step:

1.

Renaissance gave humanity a lot… look at the diagram and see if you can tell how this period benefited society…

IDEAS:

You may have come up with the following ideas:

• books were mass produced and more accessible
• art improved and became more realistic
• medicine improved dramatically
• religion was no longer just accepted but critically questioned
• architecture improved as Classical styled became popular
• exploration was made possible thanks to improved knowledge

2.

Exploration was possible thanks to technical advances during the Renaissance. Let’s see how technical advances in ship building helped exploration…

Technical Advances. (1:35 minutes long)

3.

Before we continue with any other work, stick your title page for our new topic on “Exploration” into your purple exercise book…

4.

Europeans had an interest in Exploration because it provide great opportunities for trade. Let’s see which goods were popular trading goods during the Renaissance.

Trading Goods

Now, write down the numbers 1 to 20 on the margin – so that you can be ready for the next task…

5.

Watch the following slides and write down the names of the goods that Europeans traded with. If you do not know, guess… You do not have time to discuss this – you need to work quite fast…

Trading Goods “test”. (5:16 minutes long)

6.

Let’s see how well you know these trading goods! Quickly mark this task on trading goods…

Trading Goods “test” – answers. (1:40 minutes long)

These trading goods were all very expensive and Europeans made good profits on them. Trade with the Far East was, therefore, very important to Europeans.

7.

Now, carefully examine the map below. It shows trading goods and trading routes to the Far East… There are some sea routes (indicated in blue) and some land routes (indicated in red). There came a time that Europeans could no longer safely make use of these trading routes… (You will learn about his in a subsequent lesson.)

8.

On the map (on p.31 in your workbook), write down the trading goods that Europeans traded with during the Middle Ages.

9.

Now, on the map (on p.30 in your workbook), draw in the trading routes that Europeans used to reach the Far East during the Middle Ages.

10.

About that musk… (4:55 minutes long)

11.

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