LINES OF INQUIRY:
1. The motivation to explore
2. The discoveries resulting from exploration
3. The impact of exploration.
Below are some good websites to use to research.
SEARCH TIPS:
WORLD BOOK and BRITANNICA: search for the person you are researching. Use the Primary School link for less information and Elementary for more.
BRAIN POP: Search for the person you are researching. Brain Pop is American so its focus is on American people.
Why do people explore the world? What motivated them?
Explorers used a wide variety of tools to navigate around the globe. Learn more about them by watching and listening the below films.
Click on the PADLET link below:
QUESTIONS to answer: USING WORLD BOOK and BRITANNICA
1. Name of Explorer
2. Year of birth/ year of death (how did they die?)
3. What country were they from?
4. Where did they explore? Can you find a map to put into the Padlet.
5. How did they travel?
6. What did they find or discover?
7. How did their discovery affect the world and/or their country?
8. What was their motivation to travel/explore?
9. What were the consequences of their discovery on the place they discovered?
10. What do you wonder about this person?
11. Who inspired them?
12. Put in some interesting facts about your explorer.
