Great Explorers and Change · 1400 AD to 1900 AD
Navigating the Unknown
Focusing on the motivations and technologies that drove early maritime explorers.
Key Questions
- 1What risks were explorers willing to take to find new trade routes?
- 2How did new inventions like the compass and astrolabe change navigation?
- 3How did explorers' maps change as they traveled further from home?
NCCA Curriculum Specifications
NCCA: Primary - Eras of Change and ConflictNCCA: Primary - Life, Society, Work and Culture in the Past
Class/Year: 3rd Class
Subject: Exploring Our Past: From Local Roots to Ancient Worlds
Unit: Great Explorers and Change
Period: 1400 AD to 1900 AD
Suggested Methodologies
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