Land Exploration

Land Exploration

LAND EXPLORATIONS TRADE - SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS - THE CHALLENGE Pacific Exploration:  Captain James Cook The First Voyage of J. Cook Discussion Questions What was the purpose of Captain James Cook's exploration of the South Pacific?  Why would they have taken a botanist on these explorations? What types of challenges did they have on these explorations? What were the outcomes of this exploration? How did these outcomes impact those involved? What have we learnt or come to understand as a result of this exploration?  Cook: Search for the Great Southern Land Tasks Students could complete cause and effect chart on one of these explorers (file under main page). Summarising activity - each group could have a section of the text to read and summarise. They would report back to the class using the 'Sum it Up for $2' or student could use this key idea paragraph builder to show understanding. Students could learn geography skills and map reading by using the clues given in the text to map Captain James Cook's explorations of the world (you would need to take the map our of the text).  Christopher Colombus - Exploring Trade Routes Christopher Columbus Biography - from www.biography.com Christopher Columbus - What Really Happened? What really happened? Other Reading Material The Danger zone - Avoid Sailing with Christopher Columbus! F. McDonald Great Explorers - J.Guy, H. Cynson, R. Morriss Te Taki -  Māori perspective of Cook coming to NZ  School Journal Pt 4 No. 3 2009 Accidentally on Purpose   A reading based on various explorers and what their journey helped them understand.   Discussion Questions When viewing material online (text, video, images etc) we must understand that people may write material with a bias. Might some of the content we have seen have this? Is it angled to a particular perspective in history? What was the purpose of Christopher Columbus' explorations? What types of challenges did he have on these explorations? What were the outcomes of his exploration? How did these outcomes impact those involved? What have we learnt or come to understand as a result of his exploration?