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Cabot versus Cartier!
Hudson versus Verrazano!
EXPLORER RESOURCES
Jacques Cartier
Read this short bio
Investigate this interactive map of his voyages
Read the "Explorers Who Got Lost - Jacques Cartier" reading (to the right)
Explorers Who Got Lost - Cartier.pdfGiovanni da verrazano
Read this short bio
Investigate this interactive map of his voyages
Read the "Explorers Who Got Lost - Giovanni da Verrazano" reading (to the right)
Explorers Who Got Lost - da Verrazano.pdfHENRY HUDSON
Read this short bio
Investigate this interactive map of his voyages
Read the "Explorers Who Got Lost - Henry Hudson" reading (to the right)
Explorers Who Got Lost - Hudson.pdfSAFARI MONTAGE VIDEOS
TAS has an educational videos database called Safari Montage.
Below are some links to video chapters focused on the four NW Passage explorers we are currently researching.
If you are required to log in after clicking one of the links below, simply use the same username and password that you use for logging into your laptop.
JOHN CABOT (approx. 5 minutes):
http://tasmedia.tas.edu.tw/?a=6008&ch=2&d=00639AA
JACQUES CARTIER (3 sections adding up to approx. 5:30 minutes in total):
http://tasmedia.tas.edu.tw/?a=6232&ch=3&d=00749AA
http://tasmedia.tas.edu.tw/?a=6232&ch=4&d=00749AA
http://tasmedia.tas.edu.tw/?a=6232&ch=5&d=00749AA
GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO (approx. 4:30 minutes):
http://tasmedia.tas.edu.tw/?a=6232&ch=2&d=00749AA
HENRY HUDSON (whole video is approx. 20 minutes):
http://tasmedia.tas.edu.tw/?a=6012&d=00843AA
HENRY HUDSON BRAINPOP (6 minutes) -- username: tas password: tiger
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/henryhudson/