Transcript The Explorers

Explorers Introduction:
One morning you woke up and found out all
textbooks on the European Explorers were wiped
out! Your school has asked all fifth-grade
students to help fill in the pages in order to
create new textbooks. To do so you must
conduct your own investigation using computerbased research.
Task:
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Each student is to work independently on their
research.
Using the internet, research information on your
explorer.
Record the answers of each question on your
explorer in your social studies notebook.
After you have finished your research, you will
make a giant-sized text book page to create a
new text book on the explorers.
Process:
• Each student will have one explorer to research.
• Using the list below, choose only one explorer.
• Below the name of each, are web links to assist
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you in your research.
Using the information, answer the questions
pertaining to your explorer.
Be sure to answer each question in complete
sentences.
Again, Good Luck!
Explorers
Choose one of the following
explorers :
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Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
John Cabot
Vasco da Gama
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
• Hernando de Soto
• Alvaro Nunez Cabeza de
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Vaca
Giovanni da Verrazano
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Vazquez de
Coronado
Christopher Columbus
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml
http://www.italian-american.com/columbus.htm
• Where and when was Christopher Columbus born?
• What country did he sail for?
• For how many years did he try to get support from this
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country?
What were the three ships his used and who captained
them?
On what date and from where did Christopher Columbus
set sail?
What was the name of the Caribbean island off
southeastern North America that he landed on called?
What did he rename it?
Jacques Cartier
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexc.shtml
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/cartier.html
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When and where was Jacques Cartier born?
What country did he sail for?
What was Cartier looking for?
How long did it take Cartier to cross the Atlantic
Ocean?
Why did he abandon settlement in Quebec and
in what year?
What does Canada or “Kanata” mean?
Where and when did Cartier die?
John Cabot
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabot.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004237/english/nond/cabot.html
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When and where was John Cabot born?
What was his given name?
What two kings refused to support Cabot’s voyage?
What king finally decided to support Cabot’s voyage?
Where did he sail to in 1497 and on what was the name
of the ship?
• Cabot did not find the riches he expected, what did he
find and what is this area now called?
• When and where did he die?
Vasco da Gama
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml
http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/WestEurope/DaGama.html
• When and where was da Gama born?
• What mission was da Gama given by the
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Portuguese?
When did da Gama set sail and from where?
How did da Gama reach India?
Where in India did he land and when?
Why did da Gama finally leave India?
When and where did da Gama die? What
happened to his remains (body)?
Francisco Vazquez de
Coronado
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/coronado.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
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When and where was Coronado born?
He was the first European to explore what?
What city did he arrive at in July 1540?
What was Coronado in search of?
What areas did he travel?
In what is now Kansas, what city was Coronado
in search of? Why?
His expedition was named a failure by whom?
In 1544, where did he live and what was his
position there?
Henry Hudson
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml
http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm
• Where and when was Hudson born?
• What are some things named after him?
• When did the Dutch East India Company
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(D.E.I.C) hire Hudson and for what purpose?
What was the name of Hudson’s ship?
What happened to the Half Moon?
Where did he sail on September 3, 1609?
What happened to Hudson and his family in
1611?
Juan Ponce de Leon
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/deleon.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm
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When and where was de Leon born?
He was the first European explorer to do what?
What was Ponce de Leon searching for on his voyage?
Where was the Fountain of Youth said to be?
What did he name the “island” he thought he landed on?
What does the name mean?
• In 1493, de Leon sailed with Christopher Columbus’
second expedition the Americas. Instead of returning to
Spain, where did de Leon stay?
• What happened to de Leon in 1511?
• Where and when did de Leon die?
Hernando de Soto
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/desoto.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/de_soto.htm
• When and where was de Soto born?
• Who did he sail for?
• How did he hear about the North American
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Continent?
Where did de Soto land in November 1532 and
what happened?
In April 1537, the king appointed de Soto what?
What were some of the rights he was granted?
Where and when did de Soto die? Where was he
buried?
Alvaro Nunez Cabeza de
Vaca
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/devaca.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm
• When and where was Cabeza de Vaca born?
• What country did he sail for?
• After being pushed out of Florida by the Natives, where
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did Cabeza de Vaca and his men land?
Cabeza de Vaca and his men were the first Europeans to
see what kind of animal?
Where did they see it?
What did Cabeza de Vaca publish in 1537?
Towards the end of his life, what happened to Cabeza de
Vaca?
Giovanni de Verrazano
http://www.italianhistorical.org/verrazzano.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexv.shtml
• When and where was Verrazano born?
• What country did he sail for?
• Who accompanied Giovanni during his
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expeditions and what did he do?
When did Verrazano set sail to discover the
westward passage to Asia?
What was the name of the ship he sailed on and
what is the meaning of the name?
What were some of his discoveries?
When and how did Verrazano die?
Ferdinand Magellan
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/m/magellan.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/magellan.htm
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When and where was Magellan born?
What body of water did he name? What does it mean?
What were the names of the ships he sailed with?
What was he looking for?
What did Magellan find and name after himself?
Did he ever make if the spice islands? What happened
to him?
• At the end of the expedition, how many ships made it
back to Spain?
• How many of the crew members returned
Evaluation
• You will be graded on the webquest using
the following rubric:
• http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?sc
reen=PrintRubric&rubric_id=1679990&no_
return=1&
Conclusion
• The goal of this webquest was to help
students gain a better understanding of
different European explorers and their
expeditions; their accomplishments.
Teacher Page
This webquest was designed to be used in a
5th grade Social Studies class. The focus
of this webquest is on European Explorers
and their voyages: To the Indies and The
Northwest Passage.
Teachers Page
NJCCCS:
Social Studies
Standard 6.4 All students will demonstrate knowledge of United
States and New Jersey history in to order to understand life and
events in the past and how they relate to the present and
future.
C. Many Worlds Meet
1. Discuss factors that stimulated European overseas exploration
between the 15th and 17th centuries and the impact of that
exploration on the modern world.
2. Trace the major land and water routes of the explorers.
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NJCCCS:
Language Arts
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STANDARD 3.1 (READING) ALL STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPLY THE
KNOWLEDGE OF SOUNDS, LETTERS, AND WORDS IN WRITEN ENGLISH TO
BECOME INDEPENDENT AND FLUENT READERS AND WILL READ A VARIETY OF
MATERIALS AND TEXTS WITH FLUENCY AND COMPREHENSION.
A. Concepts About Print/Text
1. Use a text index and glossary appropriately.
2. Survey and explain text features that contribute to comprehension (e.g.,
headings, introductory and concluding paragraph
E. Reading Strategies (before, during, and after reading)
1. Activate prior knowledge and anticipate what will be read or heard.
2. Vary reading strategies according to their purpose for reading and the nature of
the text.
3. Reread to make sense of difficult paragraphs or sections of text.
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H. Inquiry and Research
1. Summarize and organize information by taking notes, outlining ideas, and/or
making charts
STANDARD 3.2 (Writing) All students will write in clear, concise, organized
language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.
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C. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting
1. Use Standard English conventions in all writing, such as sentence structure,
grammar and usage, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting.
2. Use increasingly complex sentence structure and syntax to express ideas.
3. Use knowledge of English grammar and usage to express ideas effectively.
4. Use correct capitalization and punctuation, including commas and colons,
throughout writing.
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• D. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes (exploring a variety of forms)
• 1. Write for different purposes (e.g., to express ideas, inform, entertain, respond to
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literature, persuade, question, reflect, clarify, share) and a variety of audiences (e.g.,
self, peers, community).
2. Gather, select, and organize information appropriate to a topic, task, and
audience.
• Technological Literacy
STANDARD 8.1 (Computer and information literacy ) All students will use computer
applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.
B. Application of Productivity Tools
Information Access and Research
6. Choose appropriate tools and information resources to support research and solve
real world problems, including but not limited to:
– On-line resources and databases
– Search engines and subject directories