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Here are the teacher pack items for Spanish Conquistadors in the Americas:
Overview In this experience, students learn about Spanish exploration and conquest in the Americas and the motivations often summarized as “Gold, God, and Glory.” They examine how the search for wealth, the spread of Catholicism, and competition for power and territory shaped Spanish expeditions and colonization. Objectives:
Why do people explore new frontiers? What do they hope to gain in the face of the possible risks? In this experience, you will learn about the Spanish explorers, called conquistadors.
Objectives
Hernando De Soto and Spanish Conquistadores
seeing the Mississippi River for the first time
The word conquistador (conquistadores in Spanish) means conquerors.
What do you think Spanish conquistadors hoped to gain or control in the Americas? To list more than one idea separate words with a comma such as: dog, cat.
Students might post words that indicate land or territory, indigenous peoples, or natural resources.
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