This document outlines a history lesson about the Age of Exploration and Discovery in the 15th century. It discusses why Europeans wanted new sea routes, what made long voyages possible, and new technologies like caravels, compasses, and other navigation aids. The homework assignments are to summarize why people explored new sea routes, explain what enabled voyages of exploration, and describe features of caravels and navigation instruments from this era.

1. 2nd
Year History
• Change
• Age
• Exploration
• Discovery

4. Homework
1. Answer questions in class – everyone
2. Key words / new words
3. Making notes
4. Cover page for folder
o Name of chapter
o Illustration (draw one or stick it in)
o Contents list

5. • WALT (What I am Trying to learn)
• By the end of the lesson we will be able to
explain why people when on explorations
to discover new places
• We will make short notes, picking out the
main point
• Our big question today: Why did they do
it?

6. Why did they explore?

7. Key Words
Renaissance Voyage
Trade Route
Great Silk Road Christianity
Sponsor Population
Africa Africa

8. Page 147

9. Great Silk Road

10. Why Europeans wanted new sea
routes?

11. Age of Exploration and Discovery
Homework
• Summarize why people wanted to
explore new sea routes
1. ............................................
2. ...........................................
3. ............................................
4. ...........................................

12. • WALT
• Our second big question
• What made it possible for voyagers to go
on explorations in the 15th
century?
• New ships
• New aids to navigation

13. How was it possible to make these
voyages?
• Caravels
• New Aids to Navigation
1. Compass
2. ...........................
3. ...........................
4. ...........................
5. ...........................

14. What made voyages of exploration
possible
1.
Caravel
2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

15. Clinker Built Hull

17. LOG AND LINE

18. SWINGING THE LEAD

19. QUADRANT

24. Oral Homework
• Why people started to explore new sea routes?
• What new inventions and improvements made
long sea voyages possible?
• Describe a caravel.
• Why were they faster? easier to steer? stronger?
• Name the new instruments they had.
• How did they measure speed? Depth?
Direction?
• What was an astrolabe / quadrant for?
• What were the maps called?
• Who improved the maps? How were they
better?