Captain James Cook

Did you know...

Captain Cook started his working life as a farmer
He was an expert map maker (cartographer)
He nearly sank one of his ships on The Great Barrier Reef , off Australia's East coast
He had very strict rules on his ships for keeping his crew healthy
He was the first European to visit Hawai'i. The native people thought he was a god
He suffered a violent death
NASA named 2 of their space shuttles after his ships "Discovery" and "Endeavour"

Below are the texts you will use to complete the activities. Waitemata groups are in blue, Manukau groups are in red:

Click on the video to listen to and read the text about Captain James Cook and his voyages.

(You do not have to do the questions/activities in the video, because your follow up task is below.)

Using the "Epic Hero" picture guide here, design your own Captain Cook "Epic Hero" poster.

You may want to "split" the poster in half over 2 Seesaw templates, so that it doesn't look too squished up.

It must have:

At least 4 character traits, as shown in the picture
A picture of Captain Cook in the centre
A symbol, label and brief description of the character trait using an example from the text:

e.g: Label: " Sharing and respectable" .

e.g: Description of character trait using an example from text: " He shared his discoveries and became well respected."

e.g: Symbol: a map or a book

On the right is an example of how you could set out your mini poster.

*You will be reading this text from the EPIC Books website. Ask your teacher to assign it to you.

(Not all of the pages will give you clues about Captain Cook's character traits, so choose the best pages in this story to help you)

Post your finished work onto the template in Seesaw.

Using the "Epic Hero" picture guide here, design your own Captain Cook "Epic Hero" poster.

You may want to "split" the poster in half over 2 Seesaw templates, so that it doesn't look too squished up.

It must have:

At least 6 character traits, as shown in the picture
A picture of Captain Cook in the centre
A symbol, label and brief description of the character trait using an example from the text, e.g: Label: " Competitive sailor" . Description of character trait using an example from text: " Competing for riches and territories" (pg 19)

On the left is an example of how you could set out your mini poster.

Click on the video to listen to and read the text about Captain James Cook and his voyages.

After reading about Captain Cook's 3 big voyages, answer the questions below. Use the template on Seesaw to record your thinking:

List 3 character traits that you think Captain James Cook would have to have to lead those 3 journeys with all his crew on board. Give an example of a situation for each, e.g: "He would have to be fair, so that his crew members would respect him and listen to his orders."
How would Captain Cook's journeys have been affected/changed if he showed negative character traits, he was greedy, cruel or impolite?

Give 2 examples, e.g: "If he was shy, he might not have had the courage to be tough with his crew when they were not following orders."

Investigate some whakatauki. Choose one which you think represents Captain Cook's character traits. Include it on on your Seesaw post, saying why you chose it for him.

These character traits might be helpful for your ideas

Click on the picture to open a National Geographic article about Capatain James Cook and his voyages.

These character traits might be helpful for your ideas

After reading about Captain Cook's 3 big voyages, answer the questions below. Use the template on Seesaw to record your thinking:

List 3 character traits that you think Captain James Cook would have to have to lead those 3 journeys with all his crew on board. Give an example of a situation for each, e.g: "He would have to be fair, so that his crew members would respect him and listen to his orders."
How would Captain Cook's journeys have been affected/changed if he showed negative character traits, he was greedy, cruel or impolite?

Give 2 examples, e.g: "If he was shy, he might not have had the courage to be tough with his crew when they were not following orders."

Investigate some whakatauki. Choose one which you think represents Captain Cook's character traits. Include it on on your Seesaw post, saying why you chose it for him.