Name:
Period:
Date:
1. Go to Canvas 🡪 Spirit of Discovery Module, and then click on Mariners WebQuest Assignment.
a. Link: https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/
2. Once you are on the page click on time periods at the top.
3. Click on Ancient Exploration and choose one tool or ship to read about. Sketch the image below and
write one sentence about how the tool contributed to exploration (in your own words).
4. Go back to the timeline and click on Medieval Exploration.
5. Read about either Ibn Battuta or Marco Polo and note four facts about his contribution to
EXPLORATION (make sure you note which explorer you are learning about).
a.
b.
c.
d.
6. Go back to the timeline and click on “Age of Discovery.”
7. Read about 2 of the tools. Sketch the image of each and write one sentence about how they would be
used for exploration (in your own words).
Sketch
Sketch
Sentence
Sentence
Exploration in Class Research
8. Go to Canvas 🡪 Spirit of Discovery Module, and then click on Mariners WebQuest Assignment.
a. Link: https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/
9. Once you are on the page click on time periods at the top.
10. Click on “Age of Discovery” in green.
11. Read about Zheng He. Answer the following questions from the explorer’s point of view:
a. What was his patron country (most of the time):
b. What was his goal:
c.
Was he successful:
d. Where did he explore:
e.
What did he contribute to exploration (what was his legacy):
12. Read about Francisco Pizarro and answer the following questions
a.
What was his patron country (most of the time):
b. What was his goal:
c.
Was he successful:
d. Where did he explore:
e.
What did he contribute to exploration (what is their legacy):
13. Read about Ferdinand Magellan and answer the following questions
a.
What was his patron country (most of the time):
b. What was his goal:
c.
Was he successful:
d. Where did he explore:
e.
What did he contribute to exploration (what is their legacy):
14. Read about one other explorer and answer the following questions
a.
Name:
b. What was his patron country (most of the time):
c.
What was his goal:
d. Was he successful:
e.
Where did he explore:
f.
What did he contribute to exploration (what is their legacy):
15.
Exploration in Class Research: Sharing Out
Explorer Name
Zheng He
Francisco
Pizarro
Francis Drake
Amerigo
Vespucci
Ferdinand
Magellan
Name:
When/where did
he explore?
What was the
patron country
he sailed for
(most of the
time)?
What was he
looking
for/why did he
sail?
Was he
successful?
(Yes or No)
What did he
contribute to
exploration
(legacy)?