Description

writing the biography of an explorer- Neil Armstrong

Project

Your project is to research an explorer and to present your information.  The explorer can be from any time period and does not need to be a sea explorer. The explorer could be modern or historic, male or female and from any country.  This project will part of your next common assessment.

Your project is broken into three parts, life journey and sources. You need to have some questions answered from each section.

Life

Name

Where / when were they born? :

Any other interesting information?:

Journey

Explain why the explorer wanted to explore?

How was the trip paid for?

Did they have any  difficulty getting money?:

Where did they leave from

When

Where  did he/she  explore?

Why that place ?

How did they travel?  .

What technology did they use?

What support did they get?

Was it solo?

What problems did they encounter?

How did they overcome them?

What was the voyage like?

Describe the conditions?

How did the explorer react?

What did the explorer discover?

What did the explorer do?

Did the explorer return to the place again?

What happened to  them?

Sources

Have you used any primary sources in your project?

Have you given a list of sources used?

Can you evaluate any sources?

Why did you use that source?

Where did you find you sources?

Have you used more than one source?