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EXTRA
ASSIGNMENT: USE THESE ASSIGNMENTS TO EARN MORE POINTS IN CLASS.
THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO MR. MOORE BEFORE NEXT
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Draw the maps on poster board of New France. |
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Diver's
Quest
Explore the perils of the deep and discover the treasure. You are required to make journal entries of you quest. This requires imagination and must include at least ten journal entries. |
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The History of European Mapmaking Explore the changing European view of the world in the animated history of maps across the centuries. Each map tells a unique story of contemporary knowledge, full of belief and prejudice. Answer the question with examples from the video. The answer should be at least two to three paragraphs long. How did the European's views change as time progressed? |
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As exploration, trade and conquest became increasingly important throughout the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, it became more and more necessary to be able to chart your place in the world accurately. How did Navigation help to explore the world? What could we learn from navigation and apply it to today? (Use the movie.) |
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Captain
Cook's Endeavor Captain Cook set sail on the Endeavour, a refitted Whitby coal ship, in 1768. With 93 men on board, and at just 100 feet in length, the Endeavour was to sail to Taihiti to watch the 'transit of Venus', and then on to the South Pacific to complete a top secret mission. Write a poem about the voyage of Captain Cook and what it meant to the people of the time period. Make sure you use terms and/or information from the video! |
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Take Only Photos and Leave Only Bubbles The National Oceanographic Association (NOA) announces the
opportunity for university marine archaeologists to submit a proposal for
the chance to excavate a recent discovery of a Spanish Galleon. The
galleon was found at the Key Largo Coral Reef in the National Marine
Sanctuary. The shipwreck was located by NOA's Costal Operation, which
analyzes bottom habitats. You have been chosen to serve on a marine
archaeologist team. |
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An Adventure to the
New World You, as an agent for the King and Queen, are hereby authorized to make a journey to the New World on the behalf of our kingdom. All of our rivals are competing for land, trade and wealth. Whoever wins will be the strongest kingdom in Europe. It is imperative that you succeed. |
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Explorers
Multiple choice quiz testing your knowledge of early European exploration |
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Christopher
Columbus One of the logo quizzes, a multiple choice quiz testing your knowledge of events relating to Columbus |
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Reasons for and Outcomes of the European Exploration: 1492 and
1620 Rather than dwell on a chronology of explorers and accomplishments,
this activity has been designed to emphasize in-depth research of a few
explorers and to use this research to infer the exploration policies of
the countries involved. The countries and explorers included are: Spain:
Cortes, Pizarro, DeSoto, Coronado France: Verrazano, de Champlain,
Marquette and Joliet England/Netherlands: Hudson, Gilbert, Frobisher
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