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G7  Renaissance   Day  
Discovering   the  ‘Lost   World’
Christopher   Columbus 

 - Good   Guy/Bad   Guy? - 

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Objective: To raise awareness of the Geography of the Renaissance and how exploration and mapping shaped understanding of the modern world.

Starter:  
Watch the video at the top of the page first (note it is from the 1960's and so is very different from a 2014 cartoon)

Task 1 - To find out how the voyages of the Renaissance period have helped to shape and change our understanding of the world.

You will be completing a short investigation where you will find out about the reasons why C.C travelled west and the places that he discovered on three separate voyages. 
Work Book
Voyage 1 - Map
Voyage 2 - Map
Voyage 3 - Map
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    • IB Sample Lesson 2017
  • G9-10 IGCSE 0460
    • Theme 1 Population & Settlement.
    • Theme 2 - Natural Environment
    • Theme 3 - Economic Development
    • Coursework >
      • IGCSE Berlin Fieldwork
      • IGCSE Rivers France
      • IGCSE Barcelona Fieldwork
    • IGCSE Exam Revision
  • Grade 6
    • G6 Factfulness
    • Introducing Tectonics
    • Volcanoes
    • Earthquakes
    • The New Silk Road
    • Map Skills
    • Tornadoes
    • The Ice Man
    • Landscape in a Box >
      • 2016 Efforts
      • 2012 Efforts >
        • 7X
        • 7Y
    • End of Year Exam
    • Parent Information
  • Grade 7
    • G7 Factfulness
    • 8850 Top of the World
    • Geography of My Stuff
    • Another Shopping Centre?
    • Sinkholes
    • Walls
    • Carcassonne Connection
    • Renaissance Day
    • End of Year Exam
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    • G8 Factfulness
    • Global Development
    • Geography & Music
    • Global Biomes
    • Climate & Rainforest
    • The Tribe
    • Palm Oil & Me >
      • Palm Oil Assessment
    • Introducing Waterfalls
    • Tourism Blessing or Curse?
    • Niagara Redeveloped DME
    • IGCSE Options
    • End of Year Exam