1. Wednesday Warm-Up
Study
for your
TEST!!!

2. Protestant Reformation Test
Log into Google Classroom
Use the link provided to take you the Cloud
Log into Schoolnet
Copy and paste the test code provided for you: LA8DA5HE2
Begin taking the test

3. Explorer’s Project
For your first project you will be creating a desktop for a 15th or 16th century explorer
Your explorer will be assigned to you
This will count as a FORMAL GRADE for the FIRST QUARTER!!
Please refer to the handout given to you as I go over the requirements

4. Not this type of desktop

5. THIS type of desktop

6. Explorer’s Project Requirements
Create your desktop on a piece of posterboard (24”x36” or smaller).
Your desktop must be created at home.
Your project may be 3-dimensional (including objects made out of cardboard or similar materials) or 2-dimensional (representing any objects with appropriate drawings/pictures).
You should not buy anything (other than a piece of posterboard) to create the project.

7. Desktop Objects “From the Desktop of…” sign
At least one letter from the Explorer to someone else(consider who and why)
Map of Explorers route
At least three objects that represent the Explorer in some way

8. Explorer’s Information
(these items of information must be made clear when reading the letter(s) or other objects on the desktop—they can be included in notes the Explorer wrote to themselves, on the map, or elsewhere, but must be on the desk somewhere!)
Where is the Explorer from? Who are they working for? When?
What motivated the Explorer? Purpose of the expedition?
(note: this is a lot of points, so it should be one of the main things you focus on!)
Challenges the Explorer encountered/dealt with
Experiences with other cultures? What did they bring back to Europe?
Other background information about the Explorer’s life
(marriages, kids, education, etc.)

9. Research
In order to create your desktop you must do research—part of your grade will be for having found information about your subject and answering the research questions provided
Please note that you are not limited to just the research questions I provide to you.
On the grading rubric below you will find all of the items which your project must include.
Note that written information is a big part of this project—you need to tell us about the explorer, but do it in the first person (i.e. from their point of view)!

10. Notes Page
You have also been provided with a Notes Page on the back of your handout
This is for you to organize your information while doing research on your explorer
This is to be handed in when you turn in your project