Explorers of the New World WebQuest Activity Grade 5 - Mrs. Morrow (adapted from a webquest created by Jackie Walters)

Attention: Check out this interesting article. Can you help?

The Task Mrs. Morrow called the New York Port Authority and explained how you are learning about explorers and thought her class could help. The Port Authority has mailed all the trunks to Mrs. Morrow. It is now your job and the job of your classmates to return the trunk to the rightful owner.

Challenge: Inside your treasure chest you will find three or four clues. Use these clues to help you find the explorer that matches the clues provided. List the clues on your evidence worksheet. Search the Internet, use your textbook, or any other reference source to uncover your mystery explorer. (A list of web sources are included in this presentation.)

Fact Sheet : After you are sure you have identified your explorer, complete the Fact Sheet for Explorers of the New World. Name of explorer Date of explorer’s birth and death Country the Explorer sailed for Voyage dates Where he was headed Where he actually landed Discoveries Three interesting facts that you want the board to know Explorers’ List

Passport and Luggage Tag Outside must include the flag of the country where the explorer was born. On the inside, include the name of the explorer and his birth date. Include a drawing or picture of the explorer. Include at least 3 important discoveries or facts. Luggage Tag should include: Name of the explorer. Name of the ship he traveled on (if you can find it.) Country where voyage started or country that sponsored his expedition. Be creative in designing your luggage tag.

Process/Evidence Open your “trunk” and examine each of the items. Discuss the items with your partners. Using your evidence worksheet, list the items in the trunk. Use the list of explorers and visit the websites in the next slide. Eliminate explorers until you have found the one that you think is the owner of the trunk. Make notes beside each piece of evidence on the worksheet that supports your decision. Give the name of the specific site or source that confirmed your guess.

Explorers Marco Polo Prince Henry Bartholomeu Dias Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci John Cabot Vasco Da Gama Vasco de Balboa Juan Ponce de Leon Ferdinand Magellan Hernando Cortez Giovanni da Verranzano Hernando De Soto Francisco Vazquez de Coronado Sir Francis Drake Samuel de Champlain Henry Hudson Zheng He Esteban

General Websites:Click on these sites to help you figure out the mystery explorer. http://www.pocanticohills.org/explorers/explorers.htm http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/name Just scroll down until you see the explorer you want to find http://www.quia.com/jg/66029.html http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/explorer.html http://www.floridahistory.com/early-explorers.html http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html http://www.schoonerman.com/ame-ves.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/de_soto.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/m/magellan.shtml http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/magellan.htm http://www.pocanticohills.org/explorers/verrazano.htm http://www.italianhistorical.org/verrazzano.htm Wikipedia offers a lot of information but it is sometimes complicated. Explorers’ List

Congratulations You have discovered the secret owner of your treasure chest. Now you can design your luggage tag, passport and write notes for your presentation. Make sure you hand in your fact sheet and evidence worksheet. For more information, check out the instruction sheet you received from Mrs. Morrow.