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Duration: 45 minutes
A pinch of pepper or cinnamon can open the door to a much bigger story. Students will investigate how the spice trade, economic opportunity, cartography, and navigational technology helped drive European exploration, using familiar spices, maps, images, and Museum collection objects as evidence.
Investigate the Spice Trade
Teachers will be provided spice packets before the program so students can examine the various spices while the Museum educator discusses their importance and the profitable spice trade.
Chart a Sea Route to Asia
Students will explore European efforts to chart a sea route to Asia and other factors that accelerated European interest in exploration.
Explore Navigational Advancements
Students will investigate early navigational advancements that allowed Europeans to cross the Atlantic.
By examining, smelling, mapping, and analyzing evidence, students will strengthen historical inquiry and critical thinking while connecting classroom study of exploration to trade, technology, and global exchange. Most of our virtual education programs are scheduled through ZOOM Cloud-based video conferencing. ZOOM is free to use and requires minimal equipment. For more information, please visit: https://zoom.us/
Learning Objectives
- Students will engage with the work of Historians by examining and analyzing spices traded around the world through the lens of European explorers during the 1500s.
- Students will describe at least two technological advancements that influenced European exploration in the 1500s by examining artifacts in the museum collection.
- Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills by synthesizing at least two examples of European motivations for exploration and colonization from artifacts, maps and images in the museum collection.
History and Social Science (VDOE 2023):
- WHII.ab, WHII.1c, WHII.3abc
- USI3ab
Pricing:
Payment can be made before the program, or we can invoice following your program.
- Programs at the Museum are $4.50 per student.
All adults accompanying a field trip are free. - Programs at your location are $4.50 per student.
- Virtual education programs are $125 per program.
Reservations are required for all programs and are booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Programs fill quickly in the fall and spring, so make your reservations a minimum of two weeks in advance.
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