Explorers of the Age of Discovery 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.United States History Utah Core Curriculum Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

Your Task  Your task is to explore and log, in the order of their occurrence, several important facts about 20 of the most influential explorers during the Age of Discovery. log20  Once completed, you will participate in a “Who am I?” explorers gamegame  In conclusion, answer a few questions about the past Age of Discovery comparing it to the future. Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

The Process 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? Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Anchors Away!!!!!!Good Luck!!!!!

Resources Home 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 Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

Resources 1. Prince Henry the Navigator –PBSPBS –Think questThink quest –PassportPassport 2. Bartolomeu Dias –New AdventNew Advent –ReportReport 3. Christopher Columbus –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning –Granger AcademyGranger Academy –Infoplease -CivilizationInfopleaseCivilization –World bookWorld book –CalgaryCalgary 4. John Caboto (Cabot) –HeritageHeritage –VirtualologyVirtualology –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning –Think questThink quest Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Portrait of Prince Henry, with the young Afonso V.From the Polytriptych of St. Vincent in the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon Bartolomeu Dias, from a Portuguese postage stamp, 1945 The Granger Collection, New York City Porrtrayed by Sebastiano del Piombo Picture from 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (UPI/Bettmann) 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, From J.R. Smallwood, ed., The Book of Newfoundland, Vol 1. (St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1937) 1.

Resources 5. Vasco Da Gama –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning 6. Amerigo Vespucci –Study worldStudy world –GibsonGibson –Think questThink quest –ReportReport 7. Nunez de Balboa –Virtualology - Think questVirtualologyThink quest –World bookWorld book –New AdvenNew Adven –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning 8. Juan Ponce de Leon –World book -Think questWorld bookThink quest –New adventNew advent –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Vasco da Gama arrival at Calicut (Tapestry, Museu do Caramulo) SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK Copyright © by coloquio.com SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK

Resources 9. Ferdinand Magellan –World bookWorld book –Think questThink quest –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning 10. Hernando Cortes –World bookWorld book –Think questThink quest –VirtualologyVirtualology 11. Giovanni Verrazano –New adventNew advent 12. Jacques Cartier –Think questThink quest –Discoverers WebDiscoverers Web –World bookWorld book –historicalhistorical Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion CopyrightCopyright© 2000 by Virtualology TM. All rights reserved. Virtualology TM Privacy PolicyPrivacy Policy Copyright© 2000 by Virtualology TMCopyright Source: NAC/ANC. From Gallery Canada.Gallery Canada SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK

Resources 13. Francisco Pizarro –World bookWorld book –Think questThink quest –CalgaryCalgary –SalisburySalisbury 14. Hernando de Soto –Think questThink quest –VirtualologyVirtualology –MuwebMuweb 15. Francisco Coronado –Think questThink quest –Discoverers WebDiscoverers Web –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning 16. Samuel de Champlain - Panama HistoryPanama History Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion Library of Congress © 2001 THE WEST FILM PROJECT 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 17. Henry Hudson –World bookWorld book 18. Peter Minuit –KentKent 19. Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet –World Book - World BookWorld Book –Think quest - Think questThink quest 20. Robert de La Salle –World bookWorld book –Think questThink quest Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion © Museum of New France – Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Texas Historical Commission

The Explorers Game & Quiz Explorers Game –The teacher will provide date of their accomplishment, and a brief summary of what they accomplished. –You will correctly match the explorer to the information provided. 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 21 st century?  How does our “Age of Discovery” compare to the one the Europeans experienced more than 500 years ago? Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion

List of Explorers 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 Introduction Task Process Resources Evaluation Conclusion