Friday, February 23rd

Today our agenda was:

• Discussed the online quiz about Pre-Columbian civilizations from the night before. 
• Began the part of this unit about The Great Age of Exploration!
• Background on Columbus and the reason for sailing west. 
• Introduction to the situation in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in the 15th century.
• Video clip from the movie 1492 The Conquest of Paradise - symbolism in the scene where Columbus walks onto shore October 12, 1492. 
• Students wrote in journal what they thought this scene was really about (the symbolism).