1. 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.
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2. 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.
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3. 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?
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4. 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
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5. 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
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Bartolomeu Dias, from a Portuguese postage stamp, The Granger Collection, New York City
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Porrtrayed by Sebastiano del Piombo Picture from 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (UPI/Bettmann)
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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.
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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)
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SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK
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Copyright © by coloquio.com
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SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK
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7. 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
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Copyright© 2000 by VirtualologyTM
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SOURCE: IBM 1999 WORLD BOOK
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Source: NAC/ANC. From Gallery Canada.
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8. 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
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© 2001 THE WEST FILM PROJECT
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© 2001 THE WEST FILM PROJECT
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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.

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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
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National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
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© Museum of New France – Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
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Texas Historical Commission
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10. 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.
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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.
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11. 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?
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12. 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
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