Homer-Center Elementary School - where Everybody is Somebody!

 

 

Do you have what it takes to become an explorer @ your library!!!

At the conclusion of this unit, you will be able to "become and explorer of your choice during a short question/answer session during library class. All research for this project should be done during library or computer class.

 

Requirements:

Points

Students will use at least 3 sources:

  • Book
  • Database
  • Internet Site
10
Students will create a bibliography that follows MLA format. 20
Students will complete 5 - 10 notecards that follow format. 10

Students will find the following facts:

  • Name of explorer
  • Birth and death dates
  • Where did they travel? (Be specific!)
  • Why did they want to explore?
  • What items did they take with them? (No less than 5)
  • What did they use to assist them on their journeys? (Guides, navigational tools, etc.)
  • What was their intended destination? Did they get there? Where did they finally end up?
50

Choose at least 2 of the following questions.

  • What type of hazards did they face?
  • What were their major discoveries?
  • What items did they bring back with them?
  • What did they eat?
  • Put yourself in the explorers place. What yould you have done differently if YOU were the explorer?
  • How did the native peoples react to your explorer?
10
   

At the end of the project you will turn in:

  • 1 bibliography on a separate sheet of paper. (Bibliography will be done in the computer lab)
  • 1 set of note cards
 
Using the facts that you collected on your note cards, you will be able to "transform" yourself into your explorer for a 3 minute question and answer session during class where students will try to guess which explorer you are by asking you questions>  

NOTECARD FORMAT

Your Name

Name of the source that you used to find info in correct format.

Topic of note card

5-10 Facts about your topic

These are notes: not paragraphs copied from your source!

EXAMPLE CARD

Mrs. Long

Smith, Ed.  Explorers of the East.  NY:  Crowell, 1999.

Birth/Death Info

  • B - 1666 D - 1696
  • Died of influenza
  • Born in Beijing, China, Died in Borar, Bora
  • Died by himself after trying native potion to cure flu