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7 Explorers: Land, Sea, and Space

Individuals and Societies

Research Questions:

Discuss the personal achievements of the explorer during their exploration. Choose from the categories of trade, discovery, cultural exchange, innovation and language.  

Describe your explorer’s personality. Describe their personal attributes that made them an explorer. You could discuss the explorer’s need/desire to explore - Why did they choose/want to explore?

Discuss the explorer’s perspective - how did they view the world around them?

Once you know the basic facts and history of your topic, look for connections to our world today to answer the RQ.

Helpful words for "to what extent" questions:

  • Impact 
  • Consequence
  • Cause 
  • Effect 

Use these to build "search strings" (see Research Skills tab)

EX: "portuguese colonization" india effect architecture OR food OR economy

Password (not a google login)

Search or Browse for various topics - no password needed!

Carrot - A search engine for browsing

Carrot(2) gives categorized results - great for browsing

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