YOU have been selected to help design the newest line of trading cards. Your job is to create the first ever Explorer Trading Cards. These cards will look similar to Baseball cards, but instead of having batting averages, the cards will have facts about the explorers major discoveries. Using the information that is provided below and the other additional sources, you will select the information that will be printed on the cards for everyone to see. Good luck!  We look forward to seeing your final products!

    Your task is as follows:

• Using the handout/template provided, fill in the blanks with information you find in your resources.
• On the other side of the card, find a picture of the explorer on the Internet.
• Finally, print the card and cut the card out. 

• First, Save a copy of the template that you will find below to your network folder.  Open the file in Microsoft Word.

• Next, select an explorer that you will begin to research from the list.
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COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER	MAGELLAN, FERDINAND	MARQUETTE, FATHER JACQUES
JOLIET, LOUIS	HUDSON, HENRY	CLARK, WILLIAM
BOONE, DANIEL	COOK, JAMES	RALEIGH, WALTER
PIKE, ZEBULON M.	CARSON, KIT	ERIKSSON, LEIF
DE SOTO, HERNANDO	LA SALLE, ROBERT	DE LEON, PONCE
VESPUCCI, AMERIGO	LEWIS AND CLARK	DRAKE, FRANCIS

• Once you have selected an explorer, go to the Resource section and  click on that explorer's name.  This will take you to a page where you will find different links about the explorer that will help you find the information needed to complete the cards. There are also other resources, such as books, that will help you find the information needed to complete your cards. You should read about the explorer and fill in the important information.
• When you have filled in all the  information, review the information to make sure you have written down all the important facts.
• Next, locate a picture of that explorer.  (You will find pictures on the web sites.)  On the back side of the card you copy a picture of that explorer so that one side has a picture of the explorer and the other will contain information about him.  (Very similar to Baseball cards.)
• When you have finished filling out the explorer's card go back to the Resource section select another explorer. 
• Finally, when you have completed your cards, have your teacher review your new trading card!

   Your teacher will grade your cards to make sure that they are ready to be published. Your teacher will check your cards and grade them on the following:

• The information can be easily read.
• All the information is included.
• The information is correct.
• The picture is suitable for the card.

    Thank you for all the hard work that you have put into developing the your Explorer Trading Card. Hopefully, you have learned a little about each explorer and what they discovered during their explorations.

Introduction| Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion