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- Library and Internet resources
- Card-stock paper
- Markers
- Colored pencils
- Glue
- Assist students in compiling a list of important European explorers who explored the New World between 1400 and 1700. Include Bartholomeu Dias, Christopher Columbus, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Magellan, John Cabot, Vasco da Gama, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Sir Francis Drake.
- Have students work in pairs or individually to choose an explorer and research his biography. Make sure that students consider the following as they conduct their research:
• What prompted or encouraged this man to pursue a life of exploration?
• What personal characteristics made him well suited to this way of life?
• What significant decisions did this explorer make that had great impact?
• What did this man accomplish during his lifetime?
• Was this man seen as a hero during his lifetime?
Have students use library and Internet sources to complete their research. The following Web sites can provide information on European explorers:
• Explorers. Education Technology-KSU. <http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/explorer.html>.
• “Lesson Planning Article. Lessons of the Explorers!” Education World. <http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson162.shtml>.
- After students complete their research, have them create a flipbook, using the researched information, card-stock paper, markers, colored pencils, and glue. Have students compile their information in the form of a story that relates the life and accomplishments of their explorer. Have them write their story, either free hand or on the computer, and cut and paste the text into their book. They may illustrate their explorer’s story by drawing pictures or finding pictures from the Internet. Encourage students to be creative and use lots of color.
- When completed, the books can be bound from the top to create a flipbook. Have students display and discuss their flipbooks with the class. A quiz based on the books is a good option.
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