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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 TUESDAY!
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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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A
History of Navigation
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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