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Module #2 :
EUROPEAN MAN
AND HIS EXPLORATIONS
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I. Prerequisites : Admission to the
course.
II. Estimated Time : 1 - 2 Class
sessions.
III. Goal of the Module : This module will
provide learning activities designed
to enable the student to understand where, when and why the Europeans
came
to North America. Included will be a
comparison of the various European
explorations
and the motivating factors behind them. Included also will be a
discussion of the Native Americans
response to the arrival.
IV.
Pre-assessment : Before beginning this
module, complete the paper
and pencil test.
V. Objectives : After completing this
module, the student will be able to :
A. Delineate at least 3 cultural
traits of the European man of the 15th.
- 17th. centuries.
B. Cite at least two reasons for
European explorations of North
America.
C. Differentiate between the
significance of religion and economics
in exploration and colonization.
D. Delineate at least one
pre-Columbian European exploration in
North America.
E. Cite at least two Spanish
explorations in the Southeast and the
original inhabitants encountered.
F. Cite at least two French
explorations and the peoples contacted
in the Northeast, Central and the South.
G. Cite at least 3 English
explorations in the East and the peoples
they encountered.
H. Cite at least two other European
explorations in North America
and the peoples each encountered.
VI. Instructional alternatives :
A. Read the following :
1. Text :
Edmunds, Ch. 2
Gibson: Chapters 3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Mintz: Chapters 1,4,5,6
B. View
the following videos at Palomar College Library :
1. 500 Nations, Part 3 - Clash of Cultures
2. 500 Nations, Part 4 - Invasion of the Coast
C.
Lectures
1.
Introduction
Part I: Three Revolutions
2.
Introduction
Part II:
East Meets West
3. Lecture 21 :
Visual European-American Images of North America
4.
Lecture 22:
European Powers in
America to 1763
5. Lecture 23:
Spanish Invasion of the Caribbean
6. Lecture 29:
The Indian Reaction to the Invasions and the
Invasions’
Results
Check the links, especially the
history
page
D.
Images
1.
Jamestown Map, 1607
2.
Colonizing New England 1620-1674
3.
4.
VII.
Post - assessment
: Complete the objective
test at the end of this module.
(Remember to go to PC-online and look in the
documents folder.)
VIII. Remediation : If mastery criteria
is not achieved, check with the
instructor to obtain the necessary alternatives to master the objectives.
