Artifact Investigation-Is All Exploration Positive?

Our new Individuals & Society planner," On the Move", focuses on what motivated exploration, the role of power, and whether or not all exploration was positive. Students will be researching how explorations of the Western Hemisphere influenced and impacted the lives of the explorers as well as the natives of the colonized land.

Today, students participated in an artifact investigation in which they used their "See, Think, Wonder" strategy to analyze different aspects of exploration. This was a great jumping off point as we begin to research our expert explorers. The artifact investigation led to a class discussion surrounding the positive and negative portions of exploration.