1. Welcome! Warm Up – March 12 Please complete the following:
Grab a project sheet of the front desk!
Welcome!
Please come in quietly find your assigned seat and follow the directions for the warm up on the right.

2. Effects of Exploration Infographic
As people became increasingly curious about the natural world people began to push the existing political boundaries and sought to expand their empire for financial and political gain. However, exploration had beneficial and harmful impacts both on the newly discovered lands and the indigenous people as well as the explorers socially, politically, economically, and environmentally. Explorer’s interrupted the societies they discovered on their travels. In this project, we will probe deeper to understand the motivations for exploration and the impact on the new world socially, politically, economically, and environmentally.
Central Historical Question: What was the motivation for Exploration AND the impact on societies socially, politically, economically, and environmentally?

3. Effects of Exploration Infographic: Project Requirements
Context
Your infographic should provide context as well as explain the effects. To fully understand the impact, you must provide your reader with a sense of how the new world was before explorers landed there. To give in depth understanding of the context of exploration you will need to answer the following questions, however, not all questions need to be answered to gain a comprehensive understanding of the context.
What was the motivation for exploration?
What was life like daily for indigenous people BEFORE explorers came to the New World?
What was the population of the indigenous people before exploration?
What was the environment like?

4. Effects of Exploration Infographic: Project Requirements
Impact
Once you have finished the context you can begin to look at how the indigenous cultures, population, and environment were affected. To give in depth understanding of the effect of explorers you will need to answer the following questions, however, not all questions need to be answered to gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact. You will need to discuss the Columbian Exchange in order to fully understand the comprehensive understanding of the impact.
How did explorers and their mother countries benefit from exploration?
What was life like for indigenous people AFTER explorers came to the New World?
What was the impact of explorers on the indigenous population? Why?
What was the impact of the explorers on the environment?

5. Effects of Exploration Infographic: Project Requirements
The topic and message of the infographic should be clear and easy to understand.
Details (including labels) support the main idea without distracting with clutter.
At least four accurate facts/evidence are displayed on the infographic.
At least three graphics are used to represent the information appropriately.
Color, shape, size, and arrangement of graphics contribute to the overall message of the graphic.
Design/layout is neat, clear, and visually appealing.
Conventions (capitalization, grammar, spelling, etc.) are correctly used and without mistakes.
Citations are created for all images and research and compiled into a MLA bibliography.

6. Effects of Exploration Infographic: Resources
Infographic Generators
You are not limited to these resources – you may use other resources such as word, PowerPoint, etc.
Research Sources
Khan Academy Video: The Columbian Exchange -
Khan Academy Video: Consequences of Columbus's voyage on the Tainos and Europe -
Media Center Online Resources: resources.html

7. Effects of Exploration Infographic: Project Requirements
This project will be worth a MINOR grade.
All projects must be submitted to the GOOGLE FORM by MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY March
Please send infographic in .pdf format and citations in a separate word document.
Please include ALL group members names and class period.

8. Be Concise!
Your entire graphic should support the of the major points of your research. You can include additional facts or information to make the infographic stand on its own, but don’t lose sight of the point you want to get across.

9. Be Visual!
Design your infographic with your final for viewing size in mind. They should be able to understand the image when viewed with the article

10. Be Smarter!
Build your data and explanation right into the infographic, and don’t make your readers have to work hard to understand what they’re seeing. Your infographic shouldn’t need a legend to be understandable, and there’s no reason to ask your readers to keep moving their eyes back and forth between the chart and the legend to understand the graphic. Treat your readers as intelligent and make your graphic look professional by including the relevant descriptions and numbers in the infographic.

11. Be Different!
If you can avoid it, don’t use a bar chart, a line chart or a pie chart. This infographic of visualization styles is a great resource to help determine a good visual to use for your data. The different styles are grouped together by the type do data they are trying to communicate and in the interactive version, an example is shown as you mouse over each style.

12. Be Accurate!
Remember your geometry and visualize differences using area. When trying to convey the scale of your data, many graphics use different sized shapes or images to show amounts relative to each other. The reader’s eye sees the total area of the image as indicative of scale, not just the height of the image.

13. Be Attractive!
Include visuals: Illustrations and photos included in the infographic make a big difference. Even though this example is a bar chart, the inclusion of the company logos make it quicker and easier for the reader to understand.

14. Be Varied!
Find a good visual style that’s right for the data you’re trying to share. If your data is about countries, plot it on a world map not a bar chart that lists countries. Also, don’t be afraid to mix visualization styles together in one infographic.

15. Be Gracious! Be Creative!
Work on the assumption that your infographic may be viewed or shared without the article you originally designed it for. Make sure that the final graphic includes the following pieces:
Copyright, to be explicit about any rights and terms of use
Source data, so anyone can check your facts
Designer’s name, always give credit to the artist/illustrator/programmer/designer
Original image/article address, so anyone who sees the image can find your original article
Use whatever tools you have available to create your infographic. Of course, the tools you use will depend on what you are trying to visualize. Many infographics can be created using simple applications like a vector drawing program (like OmniGraffle or Microsoft Visio), a charting program (like Microsoft Office or Apple iWork) or an image editing program (like Adobe Photoshop).