Crossroads:
Middle School Curriculum
Unit II:
CONTACT: Europe And America Meet, 1492-1673
Question 1: What were the geographic, economic, technological,
personal, and political factors between the Crusades and 1492 that caused the Europeans
to explore?
- Resource 1: Geographic, Economic, Technological, and
Political Factors: Student Worksheet
- Resource 2: Geographic, Economic, Technological, and
Political Factors Student Worksheet: Suggested Answers
- Resource 3: Map of "Political Boundaries and Trade Routes by 1492"
- Resource 4: Trade Routes: Map
- Resource 5: Personal Characteristics of an Explorer
- Resource 6: Personal Characteristics of an Explorer: Suggested Answers
Question 2: Describe the reasons for and the outcomes of the
European explorers between 1492 and 1673
Question 3: Assess the effects of contact on the Indians
and Europeans between 1492 and 1673
- Resource 1: CONTACT: Europe and America Meet: Reading
- Resource 2: Effects of Contact Between the Indians
and the Europeans: Student Worksheet
- Resource 3: Effects of Contact Between the Indians
and the Europeans: Student Worksheet (Suggested answers)
- Resource 4: Personal Narrative Student Worksheet
- Resource 5: Criteria For Authentic Assessment of
"A Personal Narrative, Point of View"
Suggested Enrichment Activities
Unit I |
Unit II |
Unit III |
Unit IV |
Unit V |
Unit VI |
Unit VII |
Unit VIII |
Unit IX |
Unit X |
Unit XI |
Unit XII