Zittle

=__Motivation Behind the Early Explorers of North America__ by Kristen Zittle-Rubin =



This unit is designed to take students through an in-depth study of early explorers and their motivations, with a culminating project focusing on one explorer in particular. In this unit, students will compare what motivates them to what motivated the early explorers of North America in order to be able to relate to history better. Students will study influential explorers, the routes they traveled, and the motivation behind their desire to explore. Students will create a flipchart in which they will gather their research about their explorer, paste images or snips, and keep track of their sources. Students will use their research to write a short script of an interview of their explorer. Students will then create a video of the interview, and put it in their flipchart. Students will then post their flipcharts on Edmodo for all students to watch/read and reflect upon. The unit concludes with a multiple-choice and free-response test to check for understanding.

