Unit 3. The Columbian Exchange

• Warm-up
• Topic Introduction: What was the ‘Columbian Exchange’? Do you know the impact of the Columbian Exchange upon the native Americans and Europeans? In what ways did the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere of our world differ prior to 1492? How does exploration and interactions among different groups of people lead to change? How do these interactions impact our lives today? Is change good or bad? How do we decide?
• Reading 1: The Columbian Exchange – Study Guide

http://sarasotamilitaryacademy.com/uploads/COLUMBIAN_EXCHANGE_Study_Guide.pdf

• Reading 2: The Wall Street Journal – The Real Story of Globalization

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424053111903454504576486421307171028

• Video 1: The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History no.23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4

• Video 2: The Columbian Exchange

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RTBPPC28FI

• Article: 向哥倫布致敬 – 由新大陸傳入歐洲的美食
• Extended Learning
• Reading 1: Why the tomato was feared in Europe for more than 200 years

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2013/06/why-the-tomato-was-feared-in-europe-for-more-than-200-years/

• Reading 2:
• Website: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History – The Columbian Exchange

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/american-indians/essays/columbian-exchange

• Video1: The History of Our World in 18 Minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqc9zX04DXs

• Video 2: Pomorodi – Gino Paoli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkBhGYmfpmw