Explorers

Web Resources Below are a number of web sites that may be helpful in collecting information about an explorer.  It is very important that students know what plagerism is and that they synthesis the information in their own words and avoid copying another person's work.   Kids Konnect   Explorer Research Links http://www.kidskonnect.com/Explorers/ExplorersHome.html   Discoverers' Web    Explorer Research Links http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/pages.html	Web Quest Activities   Doing some or all of these activities will help you learn about the Age of Exploration. Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons
Enchanted Learning-Zoom Explorers Explorer Research Links http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/	http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/explorers/
Google Searches English: Click here Spanish: Click here	http://ouray.cudenver.edu/~kskahre/saws /resources/webquestexplorers.html
AJ Kids Search Engine Yahooligans! Search Engine History.About.com Search Magellan (en espanol)	Explorers of the New World http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/CENTweb/explorers.htm

Project Objectives   California History-Social Science Content Standards for Grade 5 5.2 Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early                     explorations of the Americas.                      1. Describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of early explorers (e.g., Christopher                     Columbus, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado) and the technological developments that                     made sea exploration by latitude and longitude possible (e.g., compass, sextant,                     astrolabe, seaworthy ships, chronometers, gunpowder).                      2. Explain the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of the explorers, sponsors, and                     leaders of key European expeditions and the reasons Europeans chose to explore and                     colonize the world (e.g., the Spanish Reconquista, the Protestant Reformation, the                     Counter Reformation).                      3. Trace the routes of the major land explorers of the United States, the distances                     traveled by explorers, and the Atlantic trade routes that linked Africa, the West Indies,                     the British colonies, and Europe.                      4. Locate on maps of North and South America land claimed by Spain, France,                     England, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia.

Project Activities / Resources   Choose An Explorer: First come, first served.  Check out  this 5th Grade Web Quest for ideas. Student Research: Students research the explorer chosen or assigned using printed and web resources. Student Report Outline: Students use an outline to organize their research. Student Written Report: Students create a written report using  Google Docs . and by consulting the provided Report Rubric POWER POINT TEMPLATE  Student Power Point/Oral Presentation: Following a teacher-made storyboard, students create a Presentation about their explorer (using Microsoft Power Point or the free Google Docs or Open Office.  Students then give an oral report in class, using the presentation as a visual aid. Student Web Page: Using the Power Point slides (saved as .gif images), students modify the Power Point into a web page, such as in Google Docs. Historical Timeline of the Explorer - Timeline maker: Horizontal   Vertical  Timeline Rubric Map of area explored showing the Explorer's route   World Map    Printable  Maps       Map Rubric

Project Resources Online Timeline maker: Horizontal   Vertical  Bilingual Timeline of Spanish Explorers (English/Spanish) World Outline Map from abcteach.com Map Outlines from abcteach.com Map Rubric

A 5th grader's Power Point bibliography It is very important that in whatever format students present their work, whether in a written report, power point or web page include a bibliography so as to give credit. Bibliography - Citing Sources Easy Bibliography - online tool for creating MLA style biibliography entries< http://www.easybib.com/> For information or images from a web site, you should include the following format to show where it came     from:      Basic Web Page Citing:      Last name, First name of Author and any other Authors. “Title of Work.” Name of Site. Date of     Posting/Revision. Organization. Date of Access <electronic address>.   Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author,  C. C. (2000).                         Title of article. Title of  Periodical, xx, xxxxxx.                        Retrieved month day, year, from source <http://www.__________.___>  Refer to: http://www.apastyle.org/elecgeneral.html     Example:      Curry, Robert. “Colonial2002.”  San Jose Teach.  May 30, 2002, SJTeach.org, October 22, 2002                < www.sjteach.org/colonial2002.html >      For printed sources, use the standard bibliography format  found  at     http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html#Works-Cited

Sample of a timeline of an explorer Online Timeline maker: Horizontal   Vertical