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AGE OF EXPLORATION
Days 1-2 and homework

Dificultades que tengo Ejemplo: no comprendo textos en ingls

Por qu? Ej: Porque son muy extensos; porque necesito utilizar continuamente el diccionario...

Qu puedo hacer para mejorar? Ej: concentrarme en leer prrafos y despus textos; entender la situacin de habla...

Activity 1. Vocabulary. Write here words you might need to study this unit.

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Activity 2.

Diagram

You must do a mental diagram similar to this one using the English vocabulary above. Discovery of America Consequences a route to Asia and adventure Geographical Discoveries Causes Search of

New products

- Discovery of America -

Scientific and technical progress Miscegenation Social Emigration -

Thirst for reaches Indigenous

population decline Consequences Empires -

Consequences -

Economic

Knowledge of the world -

Formation of colonial

Political Consequences -

Conflict over control of the seas Bordering Africa -

Precious metals arrival Castile

Arrival in India Portugal

Vasco de Gama Catholic Kings

Christopher Columbus

My diagram

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Once upon a time

At the end of this activity, you will be able to: name explorers and discoverers understand and use a timeline
ask and answer questions about chronology.

TASK: MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES. MEET THE EXPLORERS.

Activity 3

Timeline

1. Click on this website and elaborate a timeline similar to the timeline shown with the information found in the second link. Dont forget to copy it in a word document.
Madeira Island's discovery 1417 Christopher Columbus arrival in America 1492 Vasco de Gama retourned to Lisbon 1499

1427 Discovery of Azores

1494 Treaty of Tordesillas

1500 Brazil is discovered by Portuguese

Timeline maker:
http://www.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sjteach.org/cctimeline1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://w ww.sjteach.org/exploration.html&usg=__gD1TGcQ4Q3OmSTLNh0MX8CcRke4=&h=709&w=949&sz =202&hl=es&start=3&zoom=1&tbnid=W5f7VcTwFClbM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=148&ei=og5TUeinMpSThgfB94HgBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dexplorers%2 Btimeline%26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26rlz%3D1R2ADRA_esES483%26tbm%3 Disch&um=1&itbs=1&sa=X&ved=0CDAQrQMwAg

Information:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/africa.html http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/asia.html

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2. Are you good at Maths? Click on these websites and anwer the questions: a) How many centuries have passed since the first explorations begin until terminating? b) How many years have passed since the discovery of the Madeira Islands to the discovery of the Azores? c) What year did Christopher Columbus set sail for the first time in his life? d) How long did the first voyage of Christopher Columbus take? e) When Henry the Navigator founded the Institute at Sagres? f) When did Portuguese ships reach the mouth of the Gambia river? g) When did Magellan's fleet anchor in Rio de Janeiro? h) When did the third great voyage of Captain Cook start? i) How many years did the seven trips last? j) How old was Cheng Ho when the seventh trip finished? http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/ageexploration.htm
http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/chengho.htm

Don't forget this usefull website: http://www.wordreference.com/ 3. Its your turn. Work in pairs (in the classroom or through a social network) and ask your partner about one of these great explorers. Use the following structures: . How many . When . How long . How old

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Day 3-5 and homework

Ordinary people or heroes?

At the end of this activity, you will be able to: understand written descriptions of main explorers life compare people creating a quick reference guide Explorers

TASK: Past report I can name things and objects I see out of the window I can describe people and activities

Activity 4 Research 1. - What were explorers like? Describing people, describing characters. You might need to use the information on these websites: http://timelineindex.com/content/select/851/1023,851?pageNum_rsSite=2& totalRows_rsSite=119 http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/european-explorers.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_de_Erauso

Elcano

Juan Ponce de Len

Juan de la Cosa

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Saint Francis Xavier

Andrs de Urdaneta

Leo Africanus

John Cabot

Jacques Cartier

Catalina de Erauso

a) Use the lists below to describe their appearance or how they look. Pairs work: one student can write down a description from a picture and the other student must guess who it is.

Height

Build

Age

tall, tallish, short, shortish, medium height

frail, stocky, slim, thin, plump, fat, skinny, wellbuilt

young, elderly, middleaged, teenager, in 20s, 30s, 40s

Face

Eyes

Hair

Clothes

round, oval, square, with scares, wrinkles, freckles, sun-tanned, pale

big round blue eyes, large, small, bright, narrow

bald, straight, curly, spiky, wavy

casual, scruffy, shabby, smart, tidy, messy

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aggressive, careful, hardworking, worried, cheerful, broadminded, active, curious, secretive tough, careless, practical, sensible, independent, strongminded, stupid dull, boring, imaginative, ambitious, crafty, sensitive, gentle, naive

generous, loyal, selfcontrolled, moody, trusting, modest, tolerant, friendly

energetic, confident, selfish, shy, stubborn, reliable, clumsy, intelligent

Activity 5

New Technologies

Work in groups. (5 people) a) First lets choose two explorers from the list (one for each column). Explorers from AGE OF DISCOVERY Vasco de Balboa Sir Francis Drake Samuel de Champlain Henry Hudson Hernn Corts Ren Robert Cavelier De La Salle Francisco Pizarro Giovanni de Verrazzano Hernando de Soto Yermak Timofeyevich Ferdinand Magellan Francisco Vzquez de Coronado Explorers from PRE and POST Age of Discovery Leif Eriksson Alexander the Great Roal Amundsen Marco Polo James Cook David Livingston William The Conqueror Meriwether Lewis Commodore Matthew C. Perry Vitus Bering Valentina Tereshkova Artur Chilingarov

b) Because there is so much to learn about your explorers, you might decide it is best to work as a team and divide the work into specific roles. Read through the following roles and job descriptions. Choose which role each member of your team will take.

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Role Map Maker Biographer Historian Evaluator The man in the time machine

Students name

Job description research and develop a map showing pertinent locations research and write about the explorer's background research and write about the explorer's expeditions the success of the expeditions Developing a timeline of the explorers life

c) Use the diagram to help you take notes and organize them for your draft.

R d) Now, make a PowerPoint presentation with the results of your research about the explorer who lived in the Age of Exploration. Dont forget
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use past tenses. Follow these steps but you are allowed to change texts and add other main information.

1st) 2nd) VITAL STATISTICS . BORN: . MARRIED: . CHILDREN: . DIED: INSERT A PICTURE grew up -----------------------------. He learned about.. from -----------------------------------

3th) INSERT A MAP EXPLORERS JOURNEY ..set out on his journey from After a journey of ..days, he arrived in the ..on . His exploration was sponsored by ---------------------------------------- and his crew of -------------------------- people were supplied with -------------------------The purpose of the journey was to ------------------------------------(continuing with other details or trips, etc.) POINTS OF INTEREST
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INSERT A PICTURE, DIAGRAM, MAP OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT COMPARE BOTH EXPLORERS TIME, GOALS, ETC.

MAKE YOUR OWN CONCLUSION OR POINT

INSERT TIMELINE

INSERT WORKS CITED AND/OR BIBLIOGRAPHY, GIVING CREDIT FOR ALL INFORMATION AND IMAGES. LAST PICTURE AND END or TO BE CONTINUED

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Activity 6

Listening and speaking

Presentation PowerPoint. While you listen to your classmates you must evaluate them. At the end of this table, youll find a list of connectors that help you to organize your speech. Pay attention on pronunciation (if any doubt, look up the http://www.wordreference.com/).
Not really. Oops! Try again! Right Terrific work Congratulation s. Good work! Tremendus. Couldn't have done it better myself. Vocabulary

Fluency

New ideas about explorers life

Skill (destreza) on making maps, timelines, diagrams or any other document.

Pictures express information you listen.

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A FRAME TO EXPLAIN/INTRODUCTION I want to explain To better understand It is necessary to examine (The issue) happens when...

FOURTH PARAGRAPH Another reason As a result of In order to However On the other hand After In other words CONCLUSION After all Finally So, now you can see Consequently

SECOND PARAGRAPH To begin with First of all There are several reasons for this, the first being Importantly One explanation of My first point is THIRD PARAGRAPH Another reason is In addition After that My second point is Because of

TIME CONNECTORS Before Whenever After While When From Suddenly Until Then Recently Afterwards/shortly Ago afterwards/Soon Meanwhile afterwards In the meantime Later

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Day 6 and homework Invents, old or new? At the end of this activity you will be able to: . Follow directions . Understand the importance of Science . Know new words about Science . Explain in a simple way the operation of a navigation instrument TASK: Sailing like an explorer. I can make a sailor instrument

ACTIVITY 6

Manufacturing a tool

a) Match vocabulary with pictures and later write a definition for each word PICTURES

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VOCABULARY 1.Globe 2.Compass 3.Astrolabe 4.Quadrant 5. Cardboard 6.Magnet 7. Compass rose 8. Styrofoam box 9. Rubber cement 10. Awls 11. Glue stick 12. Pushpins b) Become a creator at Modern Age! Gather all the information about making one of the tools old sailors had needed to travel and GO! You and your partner must prepare all the technological work as you were scientists. Follow directions to make one of these tools: . Compass: http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/activity-onestudents-create-compass . Globe: http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/activity-ninestudents-create-globe . Astrolabe: http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/activity-twostudents-create-astrolabe . Quadrant: http://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/activitythree-students-create-quadrant

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Day 7 and assessement

Discovering enigmas in the world...

At the end of this activity you will be able to solve a riddle so, you would become an Historian.

TASK: Being an archeologist I can explorer and discover the truth in History

ACTIVIDAD 7

Settle and imagine a mistery

Choose one of these tree options to investigate. You must work in groups of three and explain what you discovered to other groups.
Enigma 1ST) Who was this person? Where was he supposed to live in? When did he live? Why was so important? How did people know about this kingdom? What did people look for this place? Has someone found this place? Why do you think it is an enigma? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre And its name is.... ster_John Your links: http://geography.about.com/od /historyofgeography/a/presterjo hn.htm http://www.americanbuddha.com/cult.presterjohnwik i.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=7AlxxmRTtbk Pictures Texts http://www.unicornlady.net/leg ends/prester_john.html

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2ND) Who was interested in find this place? Where was situated this place? When did this civilization disappear? Why did explorers believe in? How did it look like? What instruments or maps did explorers use for finding this place? Why do you think it is an enigma? http://www.youtube.com/watch And its name is.... ?v=_pHM_W5xMkk http://www.worldmysteries.com/mpl_10.htm Your links: 3rd) Who built this city? Where? When? Why? How? What was this place for? Why do you think it was an enigma? http://science.nationalgeograph ic.com/science/archaeology/ma chu-picchu-mystery/ http://www.travelforkids.com/F untodo/Peru/machupicchu.htm http://incas.mrdonn.org/machu picchu.html http://www.kidzworld.com/artic le/960-history-the-lost-cityof-atlantis http://www.bibliotecapleyades.n et/esp_bermuda_5e.htm http://www.unexplainedstuff.co m/Places-of-Mystery-andPower/Atlantis.html#b

And its name is....

http://video.nationalgeographic. com/video/specials/ancientmysteries/machu-picchutemples/ http://www.worldmysteries.com/gw_rn3.htm Your links:

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INVENT YOUR OWN GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA

ASSESSEMENTS
Before doing these activities I had problems with... Timelines
Always Usually Some times

Never

The exercise hepls me the most is number....

Why do I think this exercise helps me?

Calculating dates

Doing mental diagrams

Writing sentences

Writing paragraphs

Understanding new words

Explaining ideas in oral English

Comments:

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Now I feel more confident with... Timelines Calculating dates Doing diagrams Writing sentences Writing paragraphs Understanding new words Explaining ideas in oral English Comments:

Perfectly

Pretty good

Not really good

Not at all

Seala si las actividades realizadas te han parecido ms o menos necesarias y ms o menos motivadoras

Necesarias

Motivadoras

Mucho Bastante Algo Nada Mucho Bastante Algo Nada

Actividad 1 Actividad 2 Actividad 3 Actividad 4 Actividad 5 Actividad 6 Actividad 7

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