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Significant Explorers and Civilizations of the Americas
A WebQuest for 5th Grade (Social Studies)

Introduction

Beginning with the Vikings in the 8th century, the Americas have been explored by many people. During the 1500's and 1600's European countries began exploring across the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher Columbus was one of the first explorers to attempt this great feat. His accomplishments sparked the interest of exploration in many other countries.

Explorers have had various reasons for risking their lives when setting out across the world. Marco Polo was searching for new trade routes, David Livingston traveled across Africa as a missionary, while others were motivated by the need to chart and map new areas.

In this webquest, you will find out what drove the exploration for these significant explorers and how did the motives for explorations differ from country to country?
The Task

You will work in your assigned group or individually to search the Internet to identify what drove the exploration of your explorers. During your search you will be looking for certain aspects of his exploration. Once you have obtained these aspects, you will be able to complete the following: 

  • Describing each explorer's role in exploration and their significance to the world.

Upon completion of this activity, you will have gained an understanding of what motivated the explorers to leave their countries, learned of the hardships and difficulties the explorers encountered, and learned how to combine information from two or more sources into a Report.  You should also know how to create a Bibliography.  Make sure you bookmark your site so that you have it for your Bibliography.

(Skip the part below if you are completing the assignment individually)
Find your assigned group.  Pick one explorer  from the group.

Group One:  Leif Ericsson, Ferdinand Magellan & John Cabot.  
Group Two: Christopher Columbus, Mayan Civilization & Ponce De Leon.  
Group Three: Hernando Cortez, & Amerigo Vespucci. 
Group Four: Francisco Pizarro,  & Jacques Cartier. 
Group Five:  Hernando de Soto, Francisco De Coronado &  Cabeza de Vaca. 
Group Six:  Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson & Balboa.


Begin your research.
Use the Internet sites listed below your explorer.  Your group members will need to take turns being the searcher and the recorder. Remember to keep a list of all websites you use. You will need this information later for your bibliography page.

Good website with many explores
http://www.wartgames.com/themes/american/explorers.html

Here are some sites specifically for an explore in your group:

John Cabot:


http://www.biography.com/people/john-cabot-9234057

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/cabot/

Ponce de Leon:

http://www.biography.com/people/juan-ponce-de-león-9444105

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/juanponcedeleon1.htm

Amerigo Vespucci:

http://www.biography.com/people/amerigo-vespucci-9517978

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci

http://geography.about.com/cs/historicalgeog/a/amerigo.htm

http://www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm

Jacques Cartier:

http://www.biography.com/people/jacques-cartier-9240128

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/jacques-cartier.htm

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/cartier/

Cabeza de Vaca:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvar_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_Cabeza_de_Vaca

http://alkek.library.txstate.edu/swwc/cdv/

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/devaca/devaca_flat.html

http://www.floridahistory.com/cabeza.html

Balboa:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez_de_Balboa

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/vasco-nunez-de-balboa.htm

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/balboa/

http://www.biography.com/people/vasco-núñez-de-balboa-9196350#synopsis


Other Explores and additional links:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/index.htm

http://www.landofthebrave.info/american-history-of-early-explorers.htm

Click on the name to link to the website  
 Amerigo Vespucci 

  Antarctic Explorers 

  Cabeza de Vaca 

  Christopher Columbus 

  David Livingstone 

  Estevanico the Moor 

  Ferdinand Magellan 

  Francisco Coronado 

  Francisco Pizarro 

  Frederick Cook 

  Henry Hudson 

  Henry Morton Stanley 

  Henry the Navigator 

  Hernan Cortes 

  Hernando de Soto 

  Jacques Cartier 

  James Cook 

  John Cabot 

  John Hanning Speke 

  John Wesley Powell 

  Juan Ponce de Leon 

  Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo 

  Leif Ericsson 

  Marco Polo 

  Matthew Henson 

  Pierre Le Moyne Iberville 

  Ponce de Leon 

  Richard Byrd 

  Roald Amundsen 

  Samuel Hearne 

  Samuel de Champlain 

  Sir Ernest Shackleton 

  Sir Francis Drake 

  Sir Richard Francis Burton 

  Thor Heyerdahl 

  Vasco Nunez de Balboa 

  Vasco da Gama 

  William Dampier 

  William Marmot III

Research Planner
Explorer Accomplishments
Explorer?
Year born?       
Nationality (What country was he born in)                                                                                                                      
Dates of Exploration                                                                                                                                                     
How many expeditions? 
Countries explored for?

Answer the following questions about the explorer you have been traveling with:
Why did he take this voyage? Explain.
What did he want to accomplish? Explain.                                                                                                                     
What did he actually accomplish? Explain.                                                                                                                   
What was the most interesting fact you learned?






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