I just watched The Great Age of Exploration (1400-1550) via Discovery Education

I just watched The Great Age of Exploration (1400-1550) via Discovery Education

We are learning about all the explorers as we head into Columbus Day. We are intertwining The Renaissance Art, Music and Writing with the explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Francisco Pizarro. We are quite interested not just in Italian Renaissance but was happening all around the world in the same time period, such as Pizarro battling the Cusco Empire in South America. This two-part program takes students through the history of the Great Age of Exploration, focusing on the period from 1400 to the mid-1550s. Students learn about the shift from the Medieval to the Renaissance era, the trade of Asian luxury goods, the quest to find sea routes to Asia, Prince Henry the Navigator, Columbus, the early slave trade, and Spanish and Portuguese colonization.