Exploration and Encounter
Abstract
This resource toolkit is intended to be used with the Gr. 12 West and the World History Course
(CHY4U). The toolkit provides a sequence of eight lessons that include lesson plans, primary
resources, PowerPoint presentations, and BLMs and is structured around the Big Six Historical
Thinking Concepts (Seixas). The lesson sequence will be on Exploration and Encounters with a
focus on early European exploration in Southern America. Teachers should adapt the materials
of the toolkit to best suit the needs of their own students. All lessons are modeled on the basis of
75 minute class periods.