Exploration: Then and Now & Mapping it Out

Exploration: Then and Now & Mapping it Out

Articles 4 and 5

Background Knowledge for Article 4:

 This article places emphasis on the reasons people explored then vs. now. This article encourages students to be explorers when they search for learning. 

 

Open Ended

Do you know anyone who is an explorer today? They can be famous or someone in your everyday life.

Open Ended

What do they do that makes them an explorer?

Multiple Select

What types of questions does explorers ask?

• What if? What about? Why not? Where does this go? How does this work?

• When? Why?

• Where?

• How?

Multiple Select

Why do people explore and search for answers?

• to simply find answer

• to receive glory or recognition

• just for fun

• to get paid

Multiple Select

What makes a good explorer?

• being persistent, , curious, accurate, and patient

• smart, loving, caring

• mean and rude

• Problem solving, looking for patterns, planning, making models, and taking risk

Poll

Can you be an explorer?

• yes

• no

• maybe

• Of course I am !

Background Knowledge for Article 5:

 The contemporary maps during the age of exploration were consistently changing as new information was shared. The Waldseemüller map got many things geographically correct. It also needed more information on some areas. Students will be developing a visual memory of maps as they see and use the same images repeatedly. Have the students use their “memory of a world map” to identify differences in the Waldseemüller map. Then give an image for reference.

Mapping it Out

Article 5

World Map

• Look at the Map from the next slide

• Answer the questions that follows

Open Ended

What items from the map look the same as the map we have today?

Open Ended

What items on the map are different from the maps we have today?

Open Ended

Why do you think the map was drawn like it was?

Open Ended

List three that are not on the1507 map.

Multiple Choice

When was the map created?

• 1509

• 2020

• 1907

• 1507

Multiple Choice

Who created the map?

• Martin Waldseemuller

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

Multiple Choice

What is the map of?

• landforms

• Climate

• the World

• rivers