Below is a list of explorers you have studied.

For this assessment, choose ONE explorer to research.

Remember to choose the explorer that you believe had the most significant effect on early Canada.


Chapter 2

1. Samuel de Champlain: built alliances with Montagnais and Algonquin nations at Quebec, and the Wendat nation near the Great Lakes
2. Jacques Cartier: established a settlement on the St. Lawrence River

Chapter 3

1. John Cabot: (Giovanni Caboto) reached the waters off Newfoundland in 1497
2. Henry Kelsey: first European to see the vast herds of buffalo on the grasslands of the prairies west of Hudson Bay
3. Anthony Henday: hoped to convince the Siksika people to bring their furs to the Hudson’s Bay Company
4. Samuel Hearne: traveled with the Dene leader, Matonabbee; the first European to reach the shores of the Arctic Ocean
5. James Cook: sailed the ship Resolution to a harbour on Vancouver Island in 1778

Select ONE of the following ways to present your learning about the explorer you have chosen.

1. A PowerPoint to construct a presentation of the explorer of your choice
2. A timeline of important events in the life of the explorer
3. A pictorial representation of the events in the life of the explorer

All formats require images and text.

Conduct research on your chosen explorer to address the points identified below.

Include all of the following information about your chosen explorer in your presentation.

1. Significant political and social events in history that correspond and are relevant to the explorer’s life must be included.
2. Explain the effect of the explorer’s contribution on the world at the time of his accomplishment.
3. Describe any hardships the explorer encountered as he tried to reach his goal.
   
4. Identify the explorer’s greatest accomplishment and explain why this accomplishment makes him the most significant explorer of early Canada.
   
5. At the end of your presentation, identify the sources you have used to gather information about your chosen explorer. 
   
   Be sure to provide exact web addresses of sites you have used. (Please note that general search engines such as www.google.com or www.yahoo.com are not exact website addresses!)
   
   Please note that web links in the Digging Deeper sections of Chapters 2 and 3 lessons may be helpful for your research.
   
   After you choose an explorer, go back and look through the web links provided in the lessons to see if any mention your chosen explorer.
   

Be sure your final product meets the following criteria:

• You have researched one of the explorers from the list provided.
  
  
• You have addressed all the items outlined in Step 3 in your presentation.
  
  
• Your presentation includes images and text.
  
  
• At the end of your presentation, you have provided the list of resources you used to gather information about your chosen explorer.
  

Your project will be evaluated according to the following rubric.