Bellow you can find attached all the materials needed for the teaching sequences "Explorers and adventurers".
Session 1: Explorers' motivations
For this session we need:
PowerPoint presentation
Using a projector, this presentation should be displayed in a white board. In this document, there are the main images used in this session.
Worksheet: Explorers' motivations Students will complete this worksheet at the end of the session. They will have to think of something they would like to explore and give different reasons why they want to do it.
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Explorers' motivations Flashcards
Flashcards realting the key words regarding explorers' motivations with images for all students to understand what we are talking about. This visual support can be very helpful specially for students who hardly comprehend English.
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Session 2: Explorer Christopher Columbus
For this session we need:
Biography of Christopher Columbus
This text is the biography of Christopher Columbus divided in four different extracts and adapted to the jigsaw activity.
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Glossary
This document consists on a glossary in which there is a definition for the key concepts for this topic.
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Session 3: How did explorers navigate?
For this session we need:
PowerPoint presentation
Using a projector, this presentation should be displayed in a white board. In this document, there are the main images used in this session.
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Worksheet: Explorers' motivations
Students will complete this worksheet at the end of the session. They will have to follow directions and give them, using the structure worked in class.
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Session 4: Elements and types of a map
For this session we need:
PowerPoint presentation
Using a projector, this presentation should be displayed in a white board. In this document, there are the main images and definitions used in this session.
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Session 5: Map skills
For this session we need:
PowerPoint presentation
Using a projector, this presentation should be displayed in a white board. In this document, there are the main images and definitions used in this session.
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Worksheet: Classroom map
Students will complete this worksheet during the session. They will have to create a map of the classroom taking into account all the skills worked previously.
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Session 6 and 7: Research activity
For this session we need:
Worksheet: Research on a famous explorer
Students will complete this worksheet during the session. They will have to research information on a certain explorer and extract the main ideas to write down in this worksheet.
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Session 8: Creating the posters
Session 9: Final timeline
No especific materials needed for these sessions.