Why did the Spanish come to the Philippines? (61-slide PPT, full lesson)

This 61-page PowerPoint is a full lesson to the Key Question ‘why did the Spanish come to the Philippines?’

The lesson begins with clear and graduated lesson objectives (all will, most will, and some will) and proceeds to a lesson starter which is designed to build on existing student knowledge (students match up five dominoes with the correct question and answer). There is then background information in the PPT explaining from the Battle of Mactan in 1521 through to Spanish conquest. The slides then deal with four key factors - the role of economics (and the proximity of the Spice Islands in particular), the role of key individuals (not least King Phillip II who lends his name to the island chain), changing technology (Spanish galleons), and religion (missionaries). From this, students are placed into groups of four and asked to create a short role play to answer the key question. Students are reminded of the lesson objectives to see which level they have achieved. The lesson concludes with a DingBats plenary where students are invited to figure out a key word from the lesson based upon some picture clues (maritime trade routes, canon ball, Spice Islands etc).

Thanks for your interest in this lesson which is written in British-English and is pitched at high achieving mainstream high school students. It is one of a series of lessons I’ve made on the history of the Philippines so please do feel free to look through the rest of my store.