February 08, 2013

Why Do Humans Explore? Activity 1

Remember that it is believed that the first peoples arrived in what is now Canada somewhere between 30,000 and 15,000 years before the Common Era.
Common Era CE birth of Christ 13,0000-15,000 BCE 2012

Before the Common Era BCE

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February 08, 2013

Why Do Humans Explore? Activity 1

Before the Common Era BCE Common Era CE

13,0000-15,000 BCE

birth of Christ

2012

Independently or with a partner: 1. Drag the following dates and facts into the correct place on the timeline. 2. Show Mrs. Steven when you are finished. Samuel de Champlain 1603 CE

Leif Eriksson about 1000 CE

Jacques Cartier 1534 CE

John Cabot 1497 CE

February 08, 2013

Why Do Humans Explore? Activity 2

Instructions 1. Read "Sailing with the Explorers", pages 4-5. The books are in the blue bin on Mrs. Steven's SMARTBoard table. 2. Imagine you are a member of a family living in England in 1497 and you have heard that John Cabot has been sent to find a trade route to India. 3. Reread "Pricey Pepper" on page 5 and use information from this section to help you complete one of the following options on your laptop(s): A) independent option: a one-page diary entry B) small group option: a one- or two-page script for a family dinner conversation that you will write, rehearse, and perform TOGETHER 4. Your diary entry or script should describe in realistic detail why you are hoping that John Cabot will come back with precious spices, or at least a safer and faster route to get spices.