Explorers of the Age of Discovery Introduction You have heard of Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan, but did you know that there were many other influential people before and after these men who dared to dream and in doing so change how people viewed the world forever. The purpose of this WebQuest is to achieve a general understanding of some of the most influential figures during the very important period of time known today as the Age of Discovery. Link to United States History Utah Core Curriculum Standard 3, Objective 2. Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

Your Task Introduction Your task is to explorer and log, in the order of their occurrence, several important facts about 20 of the most influential explorers during the Age of Discovery. Once completed, you will participate in a “Who am I?” explorers game in preparation for a final quiz on the explorers you have studied. In conclusion, answer a few questions about the past Age of Discovery comparing it to the future. Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

The Process Introduction As you discover the lives of each of these explorers, answer the following questions on your log: Who is the explorer? Where are they from? What country did they sail for? When did they explore? (first or most famous) Why did they explore? (there dream) What did they accomplish? How did they impact the world? Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Anchors Away!!!!!! Good Luck!!!!!

Resources Home Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation 1. Prince Henry the Navigator 2. Bartolomeu Dias 3. Christopher Columbus 4. John Caboto (Cabot) 5. Vasco Da Gama 6. Amerigo Vespucci 7. Nunez de Balboa 8. Juan Ponce de Leon 9. Ferdinand Magellan 10. Hernando Cortes 11. Francisco Pizarro 12. Hernando de Soto 13. Francisco Coronado 14. Giovanni Verrazano 15. Jacques Cartier 16. Samuel de Champlain 17. Henry Hudson 18. Peter Minuit 19. Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet 20. Robert de La Salle Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

Resources Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion 1. Prince Henry the Navigator PBS -Think quest Passport -Map Stemnet 2. Bartolomeu Dias New Advent Britannica Report New advent 3. Christopher Columbus Enchanted learning Granger Academy Infoplease -Civilization World book -Civilization Calgary 4. John Caboto (Cabot) Heritage -Stemnet Virtualology Think quest Portrait of Prince Henry, with the young Afonso V.From the Polytriptych of St. Vincent in the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon Task Bartolomeu Dias, from a Portuguese postage stamp, 1945 The Granger Collection, New York City Process Resources Porrtrayed by Sebastiano del Piombo Picture from 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (UPI/Bettmann) Evaluation John Cabot A detail from "The departure of John and Sebastian Cabot from Bristol on their first voyage of discovery, 1497." Oil on canvas by Ernest Board, 1906. From J.R. Smallwood, ed., The Book of Newfoundland, Vol 1. (St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1937) 1. Conclusion

Copyright © 1994-2002 by coloquio.com Resources Introduction 5. Vasco Da Gama Stemnet Enchanted learning Iexplore BBC -Calgary 6. Amerigo Vespucci Study world Gibson - Maps Think quest Report 7. Nunez de Balboa Virtualology - Think quest World book New Adven 8. Juan Ponce de Leon World book -Think quest New advent Geocities Vasco da Gama arrival at Calicut (Tapestry, Museu do Caramulo) Task Process SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK Resources Copyright © 1994-2002 by coloquio.com Evaluation SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK Conclusion

Resources Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion 9. Ferdinand Magellan World book Think quest Enchanted learning Stemnet 10. Hernando Cortes Virtualology 11. Giovanni Verrazano New advent Italian historical 12. Jacques Cartier Discoverers Web historical Civilization Copyright© 2000 by VirtualologyTM. All rights reserved. VirtualologyTM Privacy Policy Task Process Copyright© 2000 by VirtualologyTM Resources SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK Evaluation Source: NAC/ANC. From Gallery Canada. Conclusion

Resources Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion 13. Francisco Pizarro World book -Think quest Think quest Navigation Calgary Salisbury 14. Hernando de Soto Virtualology Muweb Archeologyinc 15. Francisco Coronado Discoverers Web PBS -Enchanted learning 16. Samuel de Champlain Stemnet -Explorers - Geocities - Panama History Discovery Library of Congress Task Process © 2001 THE WEST FILM PROJECT Resources © 2001 THE WEST FILM PROJECT Evaluation Conclusion From Henry Kirke, The first English conquest of Canada: with some account of the earlier settlements in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, 2nd edition (London: S. Low, Marston & Co., 1908) facing 29.

Resources Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion 17. Henry Hudson World book Stemnet Mariners' Museum PBS 18. Peter Minuit Kent NSDAR Blupete heritage 19. Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet World Book - World Book Think quest - Think quest Civilization - Civilization Marine 20. Robert de La Salle Enchanted learning Think quest Task Process National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Resources © Museum of New France – Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation Evaluation Texas Historical Commission Conclusion

The Explorers Game & Quiz Introduction Explorers Game Form teams of 2-4. The teacher will provide cards with the explorers name, date of their accomplishment, and a brief summary of what they accomplished. Teams are to take turns drawing cards and reading them aloud (read everything on the card but the name of the explorer). The other team will try and correctly match the explorer to the information provided. Task Process Resources Explorers Quiz After clicking below, type Exploration WebQuest in the search window and change were it says folder names to test names then click search. Then click Age of Exploration Quiz (password: mpeterson). Take the twenty question quiz on the explorers that you discovered. Once completed, return to conclude this WebQuest. Evaluation Conclusion

Conclusion Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion After completing this WebQuest you should have a general understanding of some of the most influential people that created the Age of Discovery. In conclusion, write a brief statement for each of the following questions: Which explorer do you think was the most influential in creating the “Age of Discovery?” Why? What is left to explore in the 21st century? How does our “Age of Discovery” compare to the one the Europeans experienced more than 500 years ago? Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

List of Explorers Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation 1. Prince Henry the Navigator 2. Bartolomeu Dias 3. Christopher Columbus 4. John Caboto (Cabot) 5. Vasco Da Gama 6. Amerigo Vespucci 7. Nunez de Balboa 8. Juan Ponce de Leon 9. Ferdinand Magellan 10. Hernando Cortes 11. Giovanni Verrazano 12. Jacques Cartier 13. Francisco Pizarro 14. Hernando de Soto 15. Francisco Coronado 16. Samuel de Champlain 17. Henry Hudson 18. Peter Minuit 19. Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet 20. Robert de La Salle Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion