Webquest You will research an explorer and take notes on the information you gather. Next, create three slides to present the information to your classmates. You may include maps, images, and text. For the last part of class, you will teach this information to your classmates so they can learn it and take notes.

Your Task  Your task is to explore and record several important facts about one of the sixteen most influential explorers during the Age of Discovery.  Once completed, you will create 3 slides teaching the class about your explorer.  The listed websites are a beginning! Feel free to find maps, routes, and other images.

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? (their 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. Juan Ponce de Leon 8. Ferdinand Magellan 9. Hernando Cortes 10. Francisco Pizarro 11. Hernando de Soto 12. Jacques Cartier 13. Samuel de Champlain 14. Henry Hudson 15. Robert de La Salle 16. Francis Drake

Resources 1. Prince Henry the Navigator –PBSPBS - Full BioFull Bio 2. Bartolomeu Dias –New AdventNew Advent –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 3. Christopher Columbus –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning –InfopleaseInfoplease –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 4. John Caboto (Cabot) –HeritageHeritage –VirtualologyVirtualology –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning 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 –BBCBBC –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 6. Amerigo Vespucci –GibsonGibson –ReportReport –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 7. Juan Ponce de Leon –New adventNew advent –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning 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 8. Ferdinand Magellan –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 9. Hernando Cortes –VirtualologyVirtualology –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 10. Jacques Cartier –historicalhistorical –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 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 11. Francisco Pizarro –Think questThink quest –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 12. Hernando de Soto –VirtualologyVirtualology –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum 13. Samuel de Champlain - Panama HistoryPanama History –DiscoveryDiscovery 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 14. Henry Hudson –Mariners' MuseumMariners' Museum –HistoryHistory 15. Robert de La Salle –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning –Think questThink quest –Enchanted learningEnchanted learning 16. Francis Drake –Mariner’s MuseumMariner’s Museum –BiographyBiography –BBCBBC © Museum of New France – Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Texas Historical Commission

Conclusion Complete webquest and slides to Ms. Hedrick Be prepared to present your information to your classmates in a way that they can take notes and remember it!! Not just reading from the slides!!