Process
Day One:
1. Click on each of the following links and read about the explorers listed below. Be looking for things that interest you or catch your attention about the listed explorers.
2. Decide which explorer you want to “become” and begin to jot down notes about him. (What are they like? What do they want? Goals? Concerns? Etc.)
These are your choices of explorers:
O Christopher Columbus
O John Cabot
O Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
O Juan Ponce de Leon
O William Clark or Meriwether Lewis
O Hernando DeSoto
O Amerigo Vespucci
Websites for Research:
Day Two:
1. Click on the link below that goes with the explorer you chose yesterday and read about his or her life. Take notes if necessary.
2. Write a short biography of his/her life using the notes from day one and today. (You can go back to day one and click on that link again for more information).
This is the information I am looking for in your biography:
Name
Age
Date of Exploration(s)
One interesting fact about the person
Why they decided to explore the Americas
The fate/outcome of the explorer and exploration(s)
Any other important information you want to include about the explorer
3. Click on the link below and type in the words listed here to find the definitions of each of the following key words.
-compass
-sextant
-astrolabe
-seaworthy ships
-chronometers
-gunpowder
Write the definitions in your notebook and ways that this will possibly help your chosen explorer in his travels/exploration.
Day Three:
1. Continue to research about your explorer using the following links. Look specifically for his aims, obstacles, and accomplishments.
John Cabot Research:
Christopher Columbus Research:
Juan Ponce de Leon Research:
Francisco Vasquez de Corona Research:
More on Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Lewis and Clark Research:
Hernando de Soto Research:
2. Write 3 short, 1 paragraph, journal entries.
-The first one should explain your goals before you set out on exploration.
-The second one should explain the obstacles you faced during your exploration.
-The third one should explain your accomplishments at the end of your exploration.
Day Four:
1. Click on the links below to find out what routes the early explorers took and why. Take note of the distances they traveled and the different trade routes involved in their travels, if applicable.
Amerigo Vespucci Route Information
2. Write two short, 1 paragraph, journal entries the first one should detail a plan for the routes you will travel on your exploration, and the second one should detail an average day in the life of the traveler (Ex. What are the sleeping conditions? What is the weather like? What type of food are you eating? Etc.)
This link may help you get a better idea of the living conditions of your explorer:
Day Five:
1.Write a journal entry explaining what land, if any, your explorer claimed and how.
2. Choose a map from below to print (if legal) and include in your journal. You may also use a map that you found during your previous research and/or make illustrations of various maps to include along with keys explaining what land was claimed by whom.
Maps
3. When you finish the above tasks you may spend the rest of the time today:
-editing your journal entries
-adding any more information
-decorating your journal (making it look old and worn)
