Mr. Trzepinska
World Cultures
Age of Exploration Baseball Card - 50 point project
TASK: You will be assigned an explorer and be creating a baseball card about the explorer
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FRONT
A picture (either portrait or action
shot)
Name and country he explored for
(like name and team)
Date for the card (make it an
important date to the particular
explorer you were assigned).
Make it look like a baseball card
Possible Topics:
- Vasco da Gama
- Christopher Columbus
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Hernan Cortez
- Francisco Pizarro
- Prince Henry “The Navigator”
- Pedro Cabral
- John Cabot
- Giovanni da Verrazano
- Henry Hudson
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BACK
A map including his trade/exploration
routes
His “stats” - include a chronological
order of his travels and important
events.
A short biography on the back
explaining his life and travels. Talk
about when/where he was born/died,
big achievements, how is he
remembered, etc.
- Jacques Cartier
- Samuel de Champlain
- Juan Ponce de Leon
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Sir Francis Drake
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- Hernando de Soto
- Vasco de Balboa
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Requirements
- Must be done an 8 x 11 (regular sized) piece of construction paper or poster board
- Must contain good visuals (pictures or drawings )
- Must be colorful and creative
- Front and back of the card must be organized
Accuracy 15 points
Creativity –
10 points
Neatness –
10 points
Required
Elements –
15 points
Excellent
All required
information is
accurate, complete,
and paints a full
picture of the
explorer’s life and
impact. Additional
information is added
The baseball card is
colorful and
successfully looks like
a baseball card
The baseball card is
neat, organized,
readable, and looks
professional
The baseball card
includes all required
elements (Picture,
Name, Country,
Dates, Map, Stat, Bio,
size) and includes
extra information
Above Average
Most of the required
information is accurate,
complete, and paints a
full picture of the
explorer’s life and
impact.
Average
Many of the required information is
missing and not accurate
Below Average
Most of the required information is
missing and no information is accurate
The baseball card is
colorful and attempts to
look like a baseball card
The baseball card is lacking color and
does not look like a baseball card
The baseball card is not in color and does
not attempt to look like a baseball card.
The baseball card is
neat, however some
parts of the card are not
organized/readable, but
still looks semiprofessional
The baseball card
includes all required
elements (Picture,
Name, Country, Dates,
Map, Stat, Bio, size
Many part of the baseball card are not
neat, organized, or readable, and
professionalism is lacking
Much of the baseball card is not neat,
organized, or readable and is not
professional
The baseball card is missing some
required elements, but contains most
The baseball card is missing almost all of
the required elements