The+Age+of+Exploration

 Project # 1 Model of a Caravel In this project students will focus on the first New World explorer’s mode of transportation, the Caravel. Research will need to be conducted on the history of this style of ship and what sets it apart from other vessels of the 15th and 16th century. Students will learn the unique qualities that make up this ship by building a scale model of a Caravel. Students will need to be able to share the following information with the class:
 * 1) Why were these first built?


 * 1) What makes them unique from other ships?


 * 1) What is the history of this type of ship?

Project # 2 Nationality Flag and Accomplishments In this project students will need to choose from one of the many countries who participated in the Age of Exploration, by sending out explorers, and conduct research on the accomplishments of that countries exploration. Students will show their choice of country by creating a large flag and listing the following information on the back in order to share with the class: Choose one of the following (British, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Vikings, Chinese)
 * 1) What did they discover?


 * 1) What was the purpose of their voyages?


 * 1) Who were some of their explorers?

Project # 3 Interviews with Explorers Can be done with a partner In this project students will select an explorer from the Age of Exploration and conduct research to discover details about the life and accomplishments of the explorer. After research is completed, students will generate 5 questions to ask the explorer that they can provide the answers to. Students will then use costumes and video recording equipment to film a live interview with the explorer that will be shown to the class to convey the following information:
 * 1) Where are they from?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is their background?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What did they do that was important?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project # 4 Model of Tenochtitlan/Manchu Picchu/Cahokia

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In this project students will conduct research on one of the great cities of Tenochtitlan, Manchu Picchu, or Cahokia from the New World. Students will research the layout of the cities during their time of occupancy by the natives who built them. The research will then be used to build a scale model depicting the various features of the city. Students will need to be able to share the following with the class about the model:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the various features of the city and what purpose did they serve?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How does this city compare to the cities of Europe during the time?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project # 5 Explorers Journal <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In this project students will select an explorer from the Age of Exploration and conduct research to discover details about the life and accomplishments of the explorer. After research is completed, students will assume the role of the explorer by writing a series of journals from their travels. Writing in the first person of the explorer, the group will generate 8 journal entries with sketches that show what the explorer is seeing. The journals need to represent the following information:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Where the explorer is from and their background?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The country they are exploring for?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What major discoveries/accomplishments did they make?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Group #6 - Columbian Exchange Graph <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Columbian Exchange had a tremendous impact on both the New World and the Old World. This group will research how much of an impact the exchange had. By looking at the devastation of disease, the influx of precious metals to Europe, and the number of missions set up in the new world by the Spanish. You will then create a series of Bar graphs showing the information you collected. Be sure to list your sources at the bottom of each graph. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Be able to give a clear opinion answering the question, which world was better served by the Columbian Exchange, the Old or New?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What lasting impact did they have of the Age of Exploration?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Graph numbers of Native Americans that were killed off by disease after European Arrival
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Graph the amount of gold that the Europeans pulled out of the New World
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Graph the amount of Silver that the Europeans pulled out of the New World
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Graph the number of Missions created by the Spanish in the New World

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Group #7 - Photo Story/Power point of a Native American Culture <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Aztec Inca Maya Powhatan <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will research one of the Pre-Columbian cultures of Native Americans, and create a photo story or power point detailing their culture. You may choose any culture, not just the four pictured above. You will use Microsoft photo Story or power point to create your project. Photo story is a multimedia format that involves finding pictures and narration to tell the story of those pictures. You will need to write your information down, so you can effectively narrate your piece of the story. You should have a title/intro pic, followed by pics and narration for the part of the world they lived, their resources, their religion, cultural traits (how they lived), legends and myths, and their first contact with Europeans. Each member of the group should narrate a part of the story. If you choose PowerPoint, each member should present one of the slides detailed above.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Choose a Native American culture that you want to focus on
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Research their background
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Include maps of the areas they inhabited
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Photos and information about their resources/religion/cultural traits/legends and myths/ and first contact with the Europeans

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project #8 Explorer Memorial <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In this project, students will choose an explorer from the age of discovery (1400’s – 1600’s) and design a memorial to the explorer. Imagine the memorial is a miniature version of a memorial that would be placed in a city of the land the explorer discovered. Your group will research their background, explain their discoveries and accomplishments, and explain why they should be remembered.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Choose an explorer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Research their background
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explain what their accomplishments and discoveries were
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create a model of a memorial

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project # 9 Poster of Discovery <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This group will choose a European power that sent explorers on voyages of discovery, and create an informational Poster of Discovery. You will need a large map that includes Europe and the New World, with the areas discovered labeled, icons for the resources taken from the Americas, and icons for the tribes they interacted with. You will present your posters to the class, discussing what this power explored during the age of discovery.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Choose a country that sent out explorers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create a map (a large map) that includes Europe and the Americas
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Color in and label areas that this country discovered
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Show resources they were taking from the Americas
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Show tribes that they interacted with on your map

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project #10 Graphic Novel of a Conquest <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In this project students will research one of the main conquests of Native Americans by the European powers. To help the students better understand the reason for the conquistador’s successes, they will have to research some of their tactics and compare them with the native populations’ technologies. The graphic novel will take the reader from the beginning of the expedition in Europe, through their conquest, and then concluding back in Europe. The graphic novel must include the following:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Choose one of the following conquistadors: Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes, or Pedro de Alvarado.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At least 20 detailed and colored pictures with dialogue including the conquistador
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Major events of their conquest
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Outcomes of their life, and their impact on the native populations

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project #11 Exploration World Map <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In this project students will create a world map on a piece of posterboard. The map will include at least twenty different voyages of discovery conducted during the Age of Exploration. Students will gain a better understanding of the vast resources each empire took to conduct these expeditions. To create a successful project, students must include:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A detailed map of the world, colored and labeled with the Empires of Expedition (Spain, Portugal, England, France, Italy, the Netherlands)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At least 20 expeditions color-coded to each country. Each will also include dates and names of significant people
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At least 5 hand-drawn pictures detailing some of the native tribes, or discoveries that were made.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project #12 Weapons of the Explorers: Guns, Germs, and Steel <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In this project students will be researching the variety of weaponry employed by the conquistadors. The weaponry includes guns (gunpowder), steel (swords and tools), and germs (smallpox et al). The students will then create a museum exhibit on one of these topics. The exhibits information should be organized on a poster board to be placed with an artifact that they create. The artifact should be created to detail one of the following: a gun of the conquistadors, a steel tool (sword or armor), or a diorama model of a person with small pox. A successful project will include the following:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A detailed poster created to inform guests in a museum about the artifact you have created.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A well-constructed, detailed artifact of one of the types listed above.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project #13 Columbus Talk Show Debate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Can be done with a partner <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In this project students will discuss the debate over whether Christopher Columbus should be considered a hero, or a villain. Some historians state that Columbus should be considered as a successful man who helped to colonize and enrich the New World. Other historians assert that he was the biggest mass-murderer of all time. Students will research both sides of this story and create debate between two historians hosted by a moderator. A successful project will include the following:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Written, and detailed research about both sides of this argument
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A concise summary of each arguments strong points and weaknesses
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A display of the debate, either as a presentation, or in video format.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A final, written editorial describing what your group believes should be the general opinion of Columbus.