Homework 9/4/08

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• What’ New?
• Field trip and some important assignment dates
• We are back in full swing after the Rosh HaShanah holiday. In history we are getting deeper into learning about the Age of Exploration. In class the students have written :letters to a sailor” warning of the dangers of sailing the oceans as perceived by the Europeans in the 1400’s. Dire warnings of sea monsters consuming ships and storms and winds forcing ships off course and off the edge of the flat world. The students wrote wonderfully graphic descriptions of the dangers which lurked in ocean travel. We also have beenlearning about the technological advances that Europe made over a 400 year period such as the lateen sail, the rudder, the compass, etc. which helped them feel more able to sail. We learned about how even the printing press played a role in developing navigational know-how. Students made illustrations of three inventions which helped launch exploration and wrote about how they were used. We have also been looking at maps to determine the geographical underpinnings of exploration such as why Portugal was the first European country to set sail for a sea route to the Indies (India). We will be looking at the unfolding of history through the lenses of geography, economics and , social conditions. As in today’s world, religious differences also played a great role in the Age of Exploration.
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