How to Make an Explorer
Timeline
By Bonnie Rodriguez
June 2007
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/explorer_map_shepherd.jpg
Organize!
• Using the organizer provided, write down
what is going to be included on each of
your slides.
• You must include: information on at least 3
explorers, why they came to California,
missions, and why it was a hard or easy
journey.
• Use the textbook or the Internet!
Information
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Once you have your
information, open up
PowerPoint.
Using the outline tab
on the left hand side of
the screen, type in the
information on each
slide. (Type all your
slides before worrying
about anything else!)
Citing Your Work
• When you find information on the Internet
or from a book, you must give the author
credit.
• Copy and paste the website onto a word
document as you use it. Write the name
of the website and what information you
got from it.
Layout
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After you have all the
info typed in, go back
and click on each slide.
Decide if they layout
works for that slide; do
you need room for a
picture?
If you need to change
the layout, click on
Format at the top of
the screen and go to
Slide Layout—then pick
a more usable layout.
Pictures: Clip Art
• To use a picture from clip
art, go up to Insert , go to
Picture, and pick Clip Art.
Type in a word and look
at the choices; then
double click on the
picture you want.
• Move it around by
grabbing and dragging
the box or make it bigger
or smaller by grabbing
the corner or edge and
dragging.
Pictures: From the Internet
• Go to the Internet and find the picture you
want.
• Right click the picture and go to Copy.
• Go back to your PowerPoint and right click
on the slide. Click Paste.
• Your picture should appear.
• Don’t forget to cite it!
http://mobarrett.net/shadows/images/04_11_18_mission720.jpg
Fun Stuff
 Now you can go back and add cool stuff
to your presentation!
 Go to Format:
 Slide Design—colors and background
designs
 Background—color scheme
 Go to Slide Show:
 Slide transitions—moving text, sounds
Works Cited
1.
Historical Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/explorer_map_shepherd.jp
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Historical map of the Age of Exploration
2. National Park Service: Cabrillo National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/archive/cabr/juan.html
Information on Cabrillo National Monument and a biography on Juan
Rodriguez Cabrillo.
3. Mo Barrett http://mobarrett.net/shadows/images/04_11_18_mission720.jpg Picture of
Santa Barbara Mission.