Name
Great Explorers
Topic
History
Learning time
2 hours and 40 minutes
Designed time
2 hours and 40 minutes
Size of class
25
Description
As a part f the Curriculum students in the 2nd Grade of Genaral Lyceum in Greece must learn about the great explorers in their History Class. So, seperated in five teams of five members every one work on five of the explorers during the 15th and 16th Century. First, they try to find information not only in their school books but and online (with the Internet) about the route of the explorers. After they use Google Earth to realize their travel and present the results to their whole class. The explorers that they work on are: Bartolomeo Diaz, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Álvares Cabral and Fernão de Magalhães. Finally they provide information about the navigation systems in that period.
Aims
There is an effort to learn students who to use information from their school book and from the Internet to come to a conclusion and face the reality. Also, there is an effort to make students realize the routes of the Great Explorers by using the suitable tool.
Outcomes
Knowledge, Comprehension, Synthesis, Evaluation, Psychomotor skills
Editor
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Great explorers
40 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
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    25
    0
    Information about the five Great explorers and their routes. Lets talk about Bartolomeo Diaz, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Álvares Cabral and Fernão de Magalhães.
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Find out the route of ...
40 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    40
    5
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    Each team serches information about the route of the one great explorer that works on. They learn more about the navigation systems during 15th & 16th Centuries.
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The ship passed from ....
40 minutes)
  • Produce
    40
    5
    0
    Each team makes a presentation about the route of the explorer that works on. Also, by using the suitable tool (like Google Earth) creates a map with the route of the ship. They focus on Navigation,too.
Notes:
Resources linked: 0
40 minutes)
  • Discuss
    40
    25
    0
    All the teams present their presentations and their maps. They have discussions about the travels on 15th & 16th Centuries. They give information about the navigation systems in that periods (like portolanos, astrolavos, ...).
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

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