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    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • STATE EXAM
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THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

Recognising key change
Learning Outcome 3.2: Evaluate the impact of conquest and colonisation on people, with particular reference to Portuguese and Spanish exploration.

INTRODUCTION
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all histories - Turning Points in History - Age of Exploration


​biography.com - Leif Eriksson


Overview
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Ten Minute History - The Early Spanish and Portuguese Empires


TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
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Vasco da Gama
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biography.com - Vasco da Gama - explorer


Christopher Columbus


​Kate and Sarah from Presentation Ballyphehane - Christopher Columbus

history matters 365 - Christopher Columbus Multimedia Image


​Biography.com - Christopher Columbus - explorer


​TED-Ed - History vs. Christopher Columbus


​the new york times - Should Columbus Day Be Replaced With Indigenous Peoples Day?
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britannica - Quiz - columbian exchange: new world or old world?


Ferdinand Magellan
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Biography.com - Ferdinand Magellan - explorer


​TED Ed - How Magellan circumnavigated the globe


national geographic - 240 men started magellan's voyage around the world. only 18 finished it.


Magellan's Voyage, 1519-22

Animated map with commentary

Spanish Conquistadors


​Biography.com - Hernán Cortés - explorer


history extra - Cortés and Montezuma: The conquering of Tenochtitlan
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national geographic - who were the aztec, really? It's complicated.


Biography.com - Francisco Pizarro - explorer


bbc radio 4 - in our time - ​The Inca


​TED Ed - The rise and fall of the Inca empire


bbc world service - witness - inca defeat


ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
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TED ED - THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE


CRASH COURSE HISTORY - The Atlantic Slave Trade


Impact of Exploration


New world encyclopedia - European Colonization of the Americas


MORE RESOURCES
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BBC - THE EPIC STORY OF THE MAP THAT GAVE AMERICA ITS NAME


FOCUS TASK
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Write an account of the following:
The impact of conquest and colonisation on native populations in the New World.

Revision
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​history matters 365 -

Flippity Flashcards: Age of Exploration


Test Your Knowledge
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History Matters 365 - Explorations Quiz
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • CHRONICLES TEXTBOOK
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • STATE EXAM
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
  • TEACHER MAILING LIST
  • MY CLASSROOM
  • CONTACT