RESEARCH

Task 1

RESEARCH and The Tree Map of your Explorer

In this investigation, your team will discover much about the men you have

chosen to present before the New World Historical Society. The director and

his board of trustees are looking for specific information regarding the

achievements of your explorer throughout his life. In order to organize

your findings, you will build a Tree Map to show the chronological order of your explorers life.

Your team must answer the following questions (which are related to the

categories on your Tree Map) in order to understand the life and

contributions of the explorer you have chosen.

1.) Birthplace

Where and when was your explorer born?

2.) Schooling

Where and when did your explorer go to school or receive training?

3.) Military or Royal affiliation

Was your explorer in the military or was he royalty? Investigate his situation.

4.) Explorer's family life

Who were members of your explorer's family? What was his family life like?

5.) Explorer's sponsor/Funding situation/Funding difficulties

Who paid for your explorer's expedition? What country sponsored (paid for/ supported) his voyage?

What kind problems did your explorer have in finding someone to pay for his expedition?

6.) Importance of their expedition

Why did your explorer go on this expedition?

What was so important about it?

Had anyone tried a similar voyage before him?

7.) Travel routes taken

What was your explorer's expedition like? What routes did he take?

What continents did he cross?

8.) Significant events on expedition

What important occurrences occurred during this journey?

9.) Explorer's demise

When did your explorer die? Did he survive his journey? If not, what happened?

10.) Discovery's Contribution to the World Today

Why is your explorer's discovery important to the world today?

11.) Other Important Facts about the Explorer

What other fascinating fact did you uncover about your explorer?