Indiana Social Studies 6.H.7
The Standard
Analyze the interconnections of people, places, and events in the economic, scientific, and cultural exchanges of the European Renaissance that led to the Scientific Revolution, voyages of discovery, and imperial conquest.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace how trade and shared knowledge spread ideas across regions. They explain how those links helped change science and supported European ocean voyages and conquest.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can connect knowledge from Muslim scholars and printed books to new scientific work. They can explain how trade goals, navigation tools, and royal funding supported voyages, then name an effect of conquest on Indigenous people.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Renaissance ideas came only from Europe. They may call the Americas empty before Europeans arrived or assume better ships alone caused conquest.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Explain how trade and shared knowledge helped both new science and Atlantic voyages. Name one effect of European conquest on Indigenous people.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
On a blank map, pairs mark Baghdad, Venice, Lisbon, and the Americas, then draw and label routes for ideas, goods, and ships.
Ask students to write: Why did European rulers pay for ocean voyages, and how did knowledge from other regions help sailors?
Give pairs cards for royal funding, new maps, printed books, voyages, and scientific work; have them match two causes to outcomes and explain why.
On a present-day map, students locate Brazil and Angola and explain how Portuguese conquest affected the languages spoken there.
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