Intercultural Contact

Agenda1) Recap from last class2) Intercultural Contact3) Video – Travel, Trade, and Exploration4) Perspective Taking5) Intercultural Contact Interviews

1) Recap from Last Class What did we do last class?

Outcome Check Most did well. We still need to work on what

humanism is. Expansionism and Imperialism

What is expansionism? What is imperialism?

Explorer’s Log

2) Intercultural Contact Today’s big question:

8.2.4.7 - In what ways did exploration and intercultural contact during the Renaissance affect the citizenship and identity of Europeans?

Focus Questions: What is intercultural contact? How does intercultural contact change the

Europeans? How does intercultural contact change the

indigenous peoples?

2) Intercultural Contact What is intercultural contact?

What led to intercultural contact?

How did expansionism influence intercultural contact?

How did imperialism influence intercultural contact?

2) European Perspective Europe’s imperialist nations thought

they had the right to control the colonies. Cultural and political superiority.

Indigenous peoples and their cultures were usually not viewed as their equals. They were seen as barbarous or savages.

2) Indigenous Perspective Have never seen these large ships or

fair skinned people before. Indigenous cultures had established

diverse and complex societies. Europeans had little regard for these

indigenous peoples and their cultures. Perspective is often missed because

many indigenous books and histories were burnt.

2) Columbian Exchange To Europe:

Fruits and Vegetables (squash, potatoes, peppers, corn, pineapples)

Tobacco Cacao Vanilla Rubber Dyes Pharmaceutical plants

2) Columbian Exchange To the Americas:

Fruits and Vegetables (onions, olives, bananas, citrus)

Grains (wheat, rice, barley, oats) Livestock (cattle, sheep, pigs, horses) Weapons Disease (smallpox, influenza, typhus,

measles)

3) Intercultural Contact What are some positive impacts of

intercultural contact? What are some negative impacts of

intercultural contact? In what ways does this change the lives

of Europeans? In what ways does this change the lives

of Indigenous people?

3) Video Renaissance - Travel, Trade, and

Exploration http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/aeve/

movieLauncher.html?movie=smil/rennaissance_trav_trade.mov

As you watch the movie, identify different ways that intercultural contact changed Europe and the indigenous peoples.

4) Perspective Taking

5) Intercultural Contact Interviews In groups of 3, work together to conduct

an interview. One person will be a European explorer. One person will be an Indigenous person. One person will be an interviewer from

todays society. Conduct questions to discuss the

positives/negatives of intercultural contact.