Mr. E
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Exploration GHW.4

Why did European countries explore?
Picture
Exploration Think Quest:  Link
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/
Timeline:  Link
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/timeline.htm 


I.  Explorers
European Explorers:
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-explorers.htm 

Student Objectives:
     1.  What country is sponsoring the explorer?
     2.  What did they discover?

Spain
-Columbus
-Coronado
-De Leon
-Cortez
-Pizzaro
England
-Smith
-Cabot
-Hudson
-Cook
-Drake
France
-Cartier
-Verazzano
-Marquette
-De La Salle
-De Champlain
Portugal
-Dias
-Cabral
-Magellan
-Da Gama
-Vespucci
Student Examples

II. Explorer Maps
Explorer Map I:  Link
http://users.rcn.com/farrands/explorers.htm

Explorer Map II:  Link
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u2/index.html


III. Technology                   
explorer_technology.doc
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File Type: doc
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Explorer Technology:  Link
http://www.abc.net.au/navigators/navigation/history.htm


IV.  Slave/Triangular Trade 
Link:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/triangulartrade.htm 
Picture
Slave Trade Video

V.  Essay
Picture
Explain/Summarize: Triangular/Slave Trade
3 Paragraphs
I.  Intro:  When?  Where?  Why? 

II.  Body:  Process?  What was traded?
III.  Conclusion: 

VI. Jamestown
jamestown_internet_assignment.doc
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File Type: doc
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JT Settlement Link:
http://www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm 


VI.  Marco Polo
Link:  http://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/who-was-marco-polo.htm

VII. The Golden Age of Pirates

Columbus Biography  (Blog response)

Life on the Seas
Picture

Laura Dekker  (Sailing around the world)

Games
European Explorer Game:  Link
http://www.quia.com/cb/1944.html
European Explorer Game II:  Link
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_explorers.html
European Explorer Game III:  Link
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_voyages.html
European Explorer Hangman:  Link
http://www.quia.com/hm/4058.html
John Smith Game:  Link
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/John-smith

Quiz
Explorer Matching Quiz:  Link
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/quiz9.htm

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