216 Math:
Complete Study Links worksheet 3-1.
5th Social Studies:
If you didn't complete in class, finish the Web Hunt
Web Hunt: Christopher Columbus
Web Hunt: Christopher Columbus
Follow the instructions below to complete your Web Hunt worksheet.
What was Columbus
hoping to find? How many masts did the Santa Maria have? And where did turkeys originally
come from? Discover these answers and more as you journey around the Web!
As you travel
through this Web Hunt, log the information you find on the worksheet provided.
1. Before
the Journey
Going on a major
expedition costs a lot of money! What was Columbus's goal that convinced King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to pay for his journey? To find the answer, read the beginning of
this article.
Next Step: How would you convince someone to pay for your great
journey? Give three good reasons. Think about how expensive such a journey
must have been. Make a list of some of the things necessary in order to spend
over two months at sea.
2. The
Biggest Ship
As explorers
traveled farther distances, they needed ships that could survive the stormy
seas for months at a time. Columbus’s biggest ship was called the Santa María,
which was a type of ship called a carrack or nao.
Visit the
Mariner’s Museum and record how many masts and how many decks the
Santa Maria had.
Next Step: If you sailed around the world, what characteristics would
you want your boat to have?
3. The
Native Americans
When Columbus
arrived on shore, he encountered the people already living there. These were
the Native Americans, also known as American Indians or indigenous peoples.
What does the term "indigenous peoples" mean?
Read the beginning of this article and record
the definition.
4. The Columbian
Exchange
Sometimes known as
The Great Exchange or The Grand Exchange, the explorers and the Native
Americans shared and traded plants, animals, and cultures across the Atlantic
Ocean. Turkeys and corn are native to the Americas while horses and oranges
originally came from Europe.
Look at this chart showing some of the goods
that were shared between continents. Make a list of three foods originally from
the Old World or Europe and three foods originally from the New World or the
Americas that you've eaten.
Next Step: If
you were going on a journey like Columbus's, what are three goods you would
bring with you to trade? Why?
5. Trading
Diseases
In addition to
plants and animals, the Explorers and Native Americans also shared sickness and
diseases — the Native Americans suffered and died in great numbers because of
illnesses like small pox and the flu.
Why did a common
illness like the flu (also called influenza) prove deadly to so many Native
Americans? Return to the Mariners' Museum to find out.
6. News
Reaches Europe
People in Europe
were eager for details about the amazing New World. Twelve years after
Columbus's first voyage, a man named Gonzalo Oviedo was sent to the islands of
Domingo and Hispaniola to report back.
Visit the Library
of Congress to examine his woodcuts that illustrate some of the fascinating new
things he saw:
Next
Step: Imagine what it would be like to encounter plants, animals, and
people unlike anything you had seen before. Think of something you see every
day — like a toothbrush, sandwich, or pencil. Now write a description of that
object for someone who has never seen or heard of such a thing before.
7. Before TV
Before television,
cameras, and Internet, people relied on art to capture a scene. But each artist
sees things differently.
Compare and
contrast this painting and this painting of Columbus meeting Native
Americans.
Use a Venn diagram
to record the similarities and differences. Look at Columbus and the Native
Americans.
Thursday, October 10th
216 - 5th Grade Soc:
Complete the "Northwest Coast and the Artic" worksheet.
4th Grade Soc:
If not already complete in class, finish the Northeast Vocabulary worksheet.
Wednesday, October 9th
No Homework
Tuesday, October 8th
216 Math:
Your chapter 2 test is on Wednesday.
Make sure you practice problems similar to the study guide as well as others from your journal/study links worksheets.
Monday, October 7th
216 Math:
Complete Study Links WS 2-10
Your chapter 2 test is on Wednesday.
4th Soc:
Your chapter 3 test is Tuesday. Make sure your notes are updated and you have completed the study guide. That will be collected before you take your test tomorrow.
5th Enrichment:
Complete the "Staying on Topic" worksheet.
