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Exploration and Colonization Foldable

This document provides instructions for creating a foldable to summarize the reasons for European exploration and colonization in North America. It includes a word bank and directions to fill out each section of the foldable under the categories of political, economic, geographic and social reasons. The interior sections discuss how European nations sought wealth, power and trade routes to Asia, how the discovery of the Americas advanced these goals, and the economic activities and boundaries of European colonial powers in North America. Religious freedom and economic opportunities are listed as social reasons people settled in the new colonies.

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Exploration and Colonization Foldable

This document provides instructions for creating a foldable to summarize the reasons for European exploration and colonization in North America. It includes a word bank and directions to fill out each section of the foldable under the categories of political, economic, geographic and social reasons. The interior sections discuss how European nations sought wealth, power and trade routes to Asia, how the discovery of the Americas advanced these goals, and the economic activities and boundaries of European colonial powers in North America. Religious freedom and economic opportunities are listed as social reasons people settled in the new colonies.

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Reasons for Exploration and

Colonization
Review Foldable
Needed Materials
• 1 9”x 12” sheet of construction paper
• 1 sheet of white printer paper
• 1 map of the US
• Pen
• Markers or highlighters or color pencils
• Glue and scissors
Reasons for
Exploration &
Instructions Colonization

1. Fold your sheet of construction paper into fourths. Politica


l Econom
ic
2. Write the title, “Reasons for Exploration and
Colonization” on the cover. In your nicest writing. g raphy
G e o Social
3. Fold the white sheet of printer paper into fourths
as well. Cut out each fourth, set aside.
4. Label your quadrants with P.E.G.S
5. Fill in each section, see next slide for instructions
Word Bank

Filling in the Asia


European
Colonies
Powerful
Americas
wealth
interior Power All sea
In the early 16th Century European
Political
nations desired to be __________.
Trade with _______ would bring
them the _________ & _________
they desired. Various European
nations began to explore for an ____
______ route to _______.

The discovery of the __________


by Columbus further advanced
______ nations’ desire for power.
Establishing ______ was another
way of bringing wealth and power to
these countries.
Filling in the
interior Econo
mic
Write a statement to show what
European Nation searched for during
the Age of Exploration,

Colonies were established in North


America for various reasons:

Spain – Describe how the


economic activities of
France-
each nations.
Netherlands -
England – see reasons for the 13
colonies
Filling in the
interior
Sketch the boundaries of Each
of the four Nations that claimed
land in North America. Color
code each region and provide a
key.

hy
Geograp
Filling in the
interior
Life in the New World offered many
and new opportunities for people who
were willing to settle.

Religious Freedom – many came to


escape religious persecution in
Europe. Life in the New World Social
offered many the opportunity to
worship freely.
Economic Opportunities- Land was
in abundance in North America, the
average European could own his own
piece of land, in turn the land could
help him gain wealth.
Social Opportunities -Some came
for new beginnings.
1 2 3 4

Graphic Most of the space is Much of the space Most of the space is The empty space Students will be rated
Design and unused it makes is left empty. used. Text and is filled and looks on each category and
Layout the poster look There is no images are visually aesthetic, assigned a value based
incomplete. evidence that somewhat laid out images and text
thought was given in a thoughtful were clearly laid on the criteria
to the layout and manner. out thoughtfully. described in the table.
design.

Content Not accurate Somewhat Mostly accurate Historically


accurate accurate, no
misconceptions

Headings/T Illegible, cannot be Somewhat legible, Mostly legible, can Legible and adds
ext read at all. can be read with be read easily. to the over
some difficulty. appearance of
the
poster/foldable.

Grammar 10+ errors in 6-10 errors in 1-5 errors in 0 errors in


grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, grammar,
capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and spelling,
sentence structure. sentence sentence structure. capitalization and
structure. sentence
structure.

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