Name:____________________
Project Due:_______________
Explorers Projects
Each student is required
to do a timeline and a project:
A. Make a timeline of the
dates and why the explorers are famous. You may find information on all the
explorers at http://www.quia.com/pages/hostetterexplorers.html
The
following explorers should be on your timeline:
Prince
Henry, Bartolomeu Dias, Leif Erickson, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama,
Ponce de Leon, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci,
Hernando de Soto, Francisco Coronado, Hernando Cortes, Francisco Pizzarro,
Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, John Cabot, Samuel de Champlain, and Marco Polo.
B. Chose ONE project from the list below. 10 extra credit points will be given to
the student who does two projects from the list.
1. Make a map of 5 explorersí
journey, including routes and symbol key.
2. Create a PowerPoint
presentation on one explorer, a map and a picture.
3. A one page report on any
of the explorers. It must be in
your own words.
4. Write a journal for an
explorer for a month.
5. Make a paper model of an
explorerís ship.
6. Make a model of an
explorerís ship out of clay or other material.
7. Write a speech convincing
a king or queen to give you money to take a voyage.
8. Create an advertisement to convince sailors to go on a
voyage with you.
9. Do an Acrostic poem on an
explorer.
10. Create a rap song or
other song the sailors may have used.
11. Make a map of the stars
and tell how they were used for navigation.
12. Compare and contrast in a
written report the life of a sailor then and now.
13. Compare and contrast in a
written report the technology of ships now and then.
14. Research and write a 1
page report on diseases found on ships.
15. Write a 1 page report on
at least 3 important inventions of the explorerís time period.
16. Make a diorama of the new
land, or voyages, or ships. You
must also do an oral presentation.
17. Create a political
cartoon about an explorer.
18. Make a sketch of a ship
on paper and label the different parts of the ship.
19. Check with me about doing
another project that has to do with explorers!
