Reading

Exploring Antartica: Sir Edmund Hillary Stuff.co.nz Edmund Hillary Defiant South Pole Dash NZ History - Arrival at the Pole Extras An interview with the Last Adventurer

Reading Comprehension Who was the first person to make it to the South pole? What happened to the British expedition that arrived soon after? What was Hillary supposed to be doing in Antarctica? Why do you think he did what he did/what was his motivation? How would you describe Sir Edmund Hillary's personality traits or attitudes from these two articles? How did Sir Edmund Hillary compare this exploration to climbing Mount Everest?

Exploration of the South Island

Exploration of the South Island, NZ

Brunner and Kehu

First crossings - TVNZ Ondemand 45 minute episode

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?

Space Race

Space Exploration

First Moon Landing Discussion Questions What do we know about the moon landing?  Why were they exploring space?  What impact/consequences did this have? What did it help them understand? Discussion Questions What was the motivation behind the moon landing? What have been some of the consequences/impact of this space race? Use the TED ED for follow-up lessons   Who Won the Space Race

Deep Sea

James Cameron - Mariana Trench

Task Watch the video of James Cameron exploring the world's deepest ocean trench. In small groups jot down words or phrases from this linked to the reasons why people explore. What wonderings do you have about this exploration?

Summative Task WWAIPAT 2016

Why it's important to Explore?

UOI - Where We Are In Place & Time

National Geographic - Why is it important to explore?

Quick Write!

Looking Ahead - Summative Assessment (Hunter / Gatherer Phase)

Here are some links that may help you find something you are interested in.

Remember the two conceptual ideas that you to focus on are discovery and exploration.

Thanks Mr Ahie for the amazing links!

List of some discoveries

List of some explorations

List of some explorers

HINT: Remember to focus on a topic you are interested in. 

It should be something you are eager to inquiry into.

You will receive your SAT Booklet on Friday with all the tasks =)

Summative Task

UOI3 - Where We Are In Place & Time - Finding Out/Going Further

Mini Inquiry Into An Explorer (Summative Task)Choose an explorer/exploration to undertake a mini-inquiry into.
Fill in the concept map provided:

1. Start with the Explorer (Who). Develop a number of questions to help you gather information about what the Explorer was like as a person (personality and physical traits).(You will need this to write your character's physical description)

2. Next is Exploration. Develop a number of inquiry questions using the key concepts. 

3. What was the impact/ change around the exploration/ Discovery? 

4. Summarise this information and prepare to share it back to the group. Tell us who your person was, the motivation behind their exploration, what they did and how their exploration brought about change. 

5. Leave us with a question to explore further.

6. Write. Either write a character, description/observation they may have made on their exploration, landscape, experience or memoir

Marco Polo

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

Your Mission

Retrace the steps of Marco Polo and discover what you can learn from the cultures you encounter along the way and what you might take home to share with your friends and family.

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Briefing

Imagine that you have been asked to accompany an exploration party a long trip from Europe to eastern China, retracing the steps of Marco Polo. Now all you can think about is what it will look like there, what the people will be like, what you should pack, and what your friends and relatives will want you to bring back to share with them. (You can let your mum or dad worry about everything else.)

Perhaps explorer Marco Polo wondered about these things. In 1271, 17-year-old Marco left his home town of Venice, Italy, with his father and uncle, embarking on an adventure that lasted 24 years, and took him to places that Europeans had never even heard of. 

“Loaded Them with Presents,” The Story of the Sea, 1895, From The Library at The Mariners’ Museum, GC21.Q11.

When Marco finally returned to Venice, he composed stories about his travels in a book called Description of the World. On his journey, Marco learned a lot about Asian cultures and customs, and his book included descriptions of some of these. For example, he wrote about burning coal for fuel and using paper money rather than coins. The Europeans borrowed these ideas, which were new to them, and made them part of their own culture.

Retrace Marco's footsteps to see these unfamiliar landscapes and cultures for yourself and to learn some interesting new things to share with your friends and family back home. Before departing, don't forget to pack some items to trade with the people you meet—perhaps something unique to New Zealand or valued in our culture.

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Activities

Activity 1

Print out a basic outline map of Asia or access an online version to markup here, and mark Marco Polo's route . You can see Marco's route online via the following resources:

• The Mariners' Museum
• Wikipedia
• National Geographic

Use the Internet links to see what it's like in some of the places Marco Polo visited. Visit at least three places, and label them on the map. Choose at least one thing to bring back home from each place you go—it can be an object (maybe a type of clothing or tool) or an idea (perhaps an interesting custom or game). Then draw pictures of the things you'd like to take home. Write a description of each of these things, and explain why you'd like to take them home.

 Concept Map:

Concept Map

Photo Gallery: The Adventures of Marco Polo -- National Geographic: See photos of sights along Marco Polo’s journey across Asia (including Iran, China, India, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic. Marco liked fine muslin, still a cloth of choice in Baghdad, where a man is being fitted here. Marco may have visited Baghdad, but more likely he merely heard about it and other parts of Iraq from travellers; he often reported hearsay.

In Polo's Footsteps - Worst moment

In Polo's Footsteps - Quirkiest Moment

Sir Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition.pptx

Shackleton Pics

Ernest Shackleton Timeline

WWAIPAT

What is the motive for Exploration: Quick definition/ Give some examples... Quickwrite....

Why do people explore..... Give some Examples...

Lets look at the KEY CONCEPT Perspective...

-Divide your A4 piece of paper into 3 (showing 3 perspectives)
Can you give 3 different perspectives (Country, age........  of 1. What/ Why people Explore......

What questions/ statements do you have about What people explore and why...

Concept MAP of Explorer

Exploration Mini Inquiry Task

WWAIPAT

Writer's Workshop - Explorers

Creative Writing - Week 5

Complete the following in your draft book.

WWAIPAT

Exploring WWAIPT - Kiwi Kids News

Find an article using Kiwi Kids News that relates to our new CI (Hint: use the "Search site" in the top right hand corner - remember to use everything that you have been learning about in TD Skills with Ms Alloway)

Screenshot part of the article and embed this image in a post - link the image to the URL of the article - Write a reflection as to how this article relates to our CI

Extension: Know of any amazing videos that might inspire us for our new UOI? On your blog - Embed a video that relates to our new UOI = WWAIPT

Find a clip (Youtube / TED-ed) that speaks to you about our UOI

Embed it into a post (Remember 650x450 in size)

Write a reflection as to how it reflects / explains your understanding of this UOI (Connection)

Explain how this may be used in our classroom (Quick Write etc)

Comment on at least 3 other posts from your classmates!