World Navigators and Explorers

Assignment:
Research one world navigator or explorer up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts. Design a Smart Board file about your explorer/navigator. You can
include pictures, YouTube clips and video files.

Task 1. Starting point

Choose a world navigator or explorer to research. You might like to start with the Library Homepage and do a search on Encyclopaedia Britannica. Below are some key search terms  you can type into Britannica or a search engine to help.

–European Explorers
- Navigators
- Age of Exploration/Discovery
- Famous explorers
- Particular name of a Explorer/Navigator

Here are some names of famous explorers and navigators to get you thinking.
- Captain James Cook
- William Dampier
- William Jansz
- Christopher Columbus 
- Ferdinand Magellan 
- Vasco DaGama


Helpful sites to visit for information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/hall_of_fame.html

http://tudorexploration.rmg.co.uk/nmmflash/index.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/welcome.htm

 http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/australia.shtml

http://www.kathimitchell.com/explorer.htm

http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/explorers-and-leaders/

http://www.maritimemuseum.com.au/pdf/middle%20primary%20module%20-%20Maritime%20Explorers%20and%20Navigators.pdf

 http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/voyages/index.html


Task 2. Inquiry
Once you have chosen your explorer/navigator, then write down 5 questions that you would like to research about them. They could be who, what, where, when, why or how questions. 

 

Videos 

On YouTube you will find various useful videos including:

Turning Points in History – Age of Exploration, Uploaded by AllHistories on Sep 29, 2009, A short three minute introduction to exploration.

 Horrible Histories Series

The Age of Exploration [Part 1 of 3] http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=16366&CategoryID=4159


Games and activities

BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/christopher_columbus/


Australian Maritime Museum
http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1501