Unit II: Contact: Europe and America Meet, 1492-1673

Suggested Enrichment Activities:

Students could:

• research in more detail the explorers who were introduced in the Explorer Fact Sheets.

• research explorers of the period who were not included in the unit.

• research present-day explorers (space, medicine, technology, etc.) and compare/contrast their personal character traits.

• take part in simulation games such as Into the Unknown. This is a learning package simulating a fifteenth century voyage of discovery. It is available through

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