In this assignment, you will research a North American explorer and use this information to create a North American Explorer Hockey Card.
(here are some hockey cards)
Choose an Explorer; click on some names & read a little bit about them.
- Jacques Cartier
- John Cabot
- Leif Erickson
- Samuel de Champlain
- Humphrey Gilbert
- Henry Hudson
- René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
- Martin Frobisher
- John Jewitt
- Juan de Fuca
- Juan Perez
- Vitus Bering
- David Thompson
- Alexander Mackenzie
- Simon Fraser
- Pierre de la Verendrye
- James Cook
- George Vancouver
- Pierre Radisson
- Medart de Groseilliers
- Samuel Hearne
- Alexander Henry
- Louis Jolliet
- Anthony Henday
- Jean de Brebeuf
- Etienne Brule
- Francis Drake
- Ferdinand Magellan
- John Davis
- John Franklin
- Willem Barentsz
- Walter Raleigh
- William Edward Parry
- Giovanni da Verrazano
- Jacques Marquette
- Alejandro Malaspina
- Roald Englebert Gravning Amundsen
- J.B. Tyrrell
- Christopher Columbus
Format your card this way:
Side A
a) Name of the explorer
b) Birthplace, date of birth, date of death
c) Exploration dates
d) Exploration areas
e) Reasons for the exploration
f) Challenges along the way
Side B
a) Name of the explorer
b) An original and creative image. This could be a drawing, map, diagram etc.No cut-and-paste please
Added Sheet to hand in with card.
Keep a record of where you go for ideas & images - a map of your own research exploration. Key books & online sites into citation machine & hand in a works cited sheet with your card.
Minimum: 2 books and 2 online sources
NO WIKIPEDIA PLEASE. Use the Canadian Encyclopedia or The Encyclopedia of BC instead.
