Unit 9, Lesson 1: Mercantilism
Learning Target: I can predict the effects of mercantilism
Class Activities:
1. Students walked in and picked up a "Mercantilism" Worksheet. There was a do now at the top.
2. I explained that Unit 9 is all about acceleration. The world is fully explored and connected at this time, which means that collective learning is even more important than ever. It causes inventions, ideas, etc. to be developed faster and with greater complexity than ever before.
3. We took notes on mercantilism (watch the youtube video below to get a definition and explanation).
4. We played a game to look at the effects of mercantilism on the world. Basically, the powerful mother countries (Spain, England, and France) took advantage of the colonies to get all the points, because the colonies couldn't trade with anyone else. The colonies were super angry about about, which is exactly how it went in history. Most of those colonies had revolutions against their mother countries, because they were taken advantage of.
Papers handed in today:
None
Homework:
None
Class Activities:
1. Students walked in and picked up a "Mercantilism" Worksheet. There was a do now at the top.
2. I explained that Unit 9 is all about acceleration. The world is fully explored and connected at this time, which means that collective learning is even more important than ever. It causes inventions, ideas, etc. to be developed faster and with greater complexity than ever before.
3. We took notes on mercantilism (watch the youtube video below to get a definition and explanation).
4. We played a game to look at the effects of mercantilism on the world. Basically, the powerful mother countries (Spain, England, and France) took advantage of the colonies to get all the points, because the colonies couldn't trade with anyone else. The colonies were super angry about about, which is exactly how it went in history. Most of those colonies had revolutions against their mother countries, because they were taken advantage of.
Papers handed in today:
None
Homework:
None
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