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Canada's
Exploration!
A Web Quest for 4th and
5th Grade Social Studies
Introduction | Task
| Process | Evaluation
| Conclusion | Credits
| Teacher Page
Designed by Jayne
Lapper
Introduction
You are an adventurer,
and you have just accepted a job as reporter to the King.
You must travel with an explorer
and report back with your findings.
 
Click here
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The
Task
Your goal:
Let the King know
if your explorer did what he set out to do.
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| Henry
Hudson Jacques Cartier |
Alexander
Samuel
Mackenzie
Champlain |
Go Ahead and click on the
explorer with whom you would like to travel.
The
Process
Your
King is demanding! He wants you to create a report that will show
evidence that your explorer's journey was worthwhile.
Your reports should
include:
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A description of the mode of travel.
This might be by ship, canoe, or on foot. Click on your explorer to find
the information to be printed. Print
out important information. Include your own
illustration and a written description in your report.
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A report card on your explorer.
What is his name? Where is he from? Has he travelled before? If so,
where? What are his reasons for this expedition? Include your
own created illustration of your explorer on your report card. Collect
your data then go to Inspiration to web your ideas, before you write.
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A description of contact with First
Nations people. Did you meet any native people? If not, how
might they have helped you?
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What tribe did you meet? Was the
meeting friendly? How did your explorer treat these people?
How did these people treat you and your explorer friends? Did you
barter or trade goods with the First nations people? Print
the data you find, then go to Microsoft Word and write a letter to the
King.
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More on First Nations.http://www.mvnf.civilisations.ca/premieres_nations/en/index.html
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What kind of terrain did you traverse?
What is the land like over which you traveled? Did you stay on board
ship, walk many miles over mountains, or canoe with the voyageurs? Go
to Kidpix and draw the kind of landscape you think your explorer saw. Write
at least two sentences describing the terrain.
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Map your route. Trace your
route on the hard copy map provided by the teacher. Label your map,
and write the dates of the journey. Print
a copy of your map from the web site below.
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When you have done all the above,
you will know if your journey with your explorer has been worthwhile or
not. Write a letter to the King giving him your opinion. Go
to Microsoft Word to write your letter.
When your
journal is complete you will publish it, and share your story with your
voyageur friends.
Click here to
check out evaluation!
Evaluation
For each of
your tasks follow the given criteria.
Meet
all 4 = A Meet 3 = B
Meet 2 = C Meet 1 = IP
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Criteria
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Criteria
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Criteria
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Criteria
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Score |
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description of the mode of travel. Print out important information.
Include your own illustration and a written description in your report. |
Printed information
from web site is attached to the report.
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Illustration
is drawn neatly and completely coloured and labeled.
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Description is accurate according to web site
data. |
Written report
is neatly written, and is correctly spelled and punctuated.
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report card on your explorer. Include your own created illustration
of your explorer on your report card. Collect your data then go to Inspiration
to web your ideas, before you write. |
Inspiration
web contains relevant information about the explorer.
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Illustration
of explorer is neatly drawn and completely coloured.
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Information
about explorer is accurate according to data collected from web source.
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Report Card
is written neatly, and is correctly spelled and punctuated.
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description of contact with First Nations people. |
All Web quest
questions are answered with regards to contact with First Nations.
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Use of different
styles and sizes of font were used in Word document, along with underlining
and bolding.
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Data is accurate
according to information found on web site. Web site data is attached to
letter.
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Letter is written
neatly, and is correctly spelled and punctuated.
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What
kind of terrain did you traverse? Go to Kidpix and draw the kind
of landscape you think your explorer saw. |
Kidpix
poster is colourful and complete.
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A variety of
fonts, colours, and graphics are incorporated into the Kidpix poster.
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At least two
sentences describe the terrain.
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Written work
is spelled and punctuated correctly.
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| Map
your route. Trace your route on the map provided. Label your
map, and write the dates of the journey. Print
a copy of your map.
Write
a letter to the King giving him your opinion. Go to Microsoft Word
to write your letter.
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Printed copy
of the map is attached to work.
Letter includes
an imaginary forwarding address, and other conventions of letter writing
as set out by teacher.
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Your map is
labeled correctly with name of explorer, place names, and dates of journey.
Letter clearly states whether or not you believe the explorer
achieved his goal.
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Your map is
coloured neatly.
Letter gives justification
for your beliefs.
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All labeling
is correctly spelled.
Letter is correctly
spelled and punctuated.
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Click the button to go
to Conclusion.
Conclusion
You did it!
Congratulations.
You have travelled a treacherous
journey with your explorer to reach your goal. You have learned some
exciting and interesting facts about our Canadian history. If you
would like to learn more, here are some sites you might like to check out.
Credits
& References
Beginnings, From the First Nations
to the Great Migration by: Marshall Jamieson, Reidmore Books,
1996.
Discovering First Peoples and
First Contacts by: Daniel Francis, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Thanks to the Virtual Museum of
New France and The Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide for information
gathered.
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Last updated
on August 15, 1999. Based on
a template from The
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