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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 10

Global Exchange and Its Consequences

Between 1450 and 1750, ocean routes linked every inhabited continent. Learners analyze the demographic and ecological effects of the Columbian Exchange, use data to study the scale and organization of the Atlantic slave trade and its effects in Africa, follow American silver to China, and examine the joint-stock companies and mercantilist policies that organized this first global economy, before judging who gained and who lost.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Global exchange check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, estimate, highlight a text, pin a map, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Analyze the demographic and ecological consequences of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas, Afro-Eurasia and Africa.
  • Use data and perspectives to analyze the scale, organization and effects of the Atlantic slave trade.
  • Explain how the global silver trade linked the Americas, Europe and China and what it changed.
  • Explain joint-stock companies and mercantilism, and evaluate who gained and who lost from early modern global exchange.

Lessons

  1. Consequences of the Columbian Exchange 5 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  2. The Atlantic slave trade: data and perspectives 5 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  3. Silver connects the world 5 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Companies, mercantilism and who gained 5 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Global exchange check 9 questions at the end

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