This document provides an overview of the week's lessons which include creating a seating chart, reviewing rules, passing out learning targets to explain what will be tested, a lecture and activity on Christopher Columbus, and the start of a unit on explorers. The first part of the explorers unit will discuss why people wanted to explore, how the Renaissance and emergence of powerful nations contributed to exploration, and Marco Polo's travels. It also outlines some of the challenges and expenses of exploration and how explorers would seek sponsors from kings and queens.