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EXPLORER TRADING CARD PROJECT
* Each student will be given a list of explorers to research and make their own trading cards.
* Students must pick 6 of the Explorers to do trading cards for.
* Along with each trading card, the student must also complete a research form about each explorer to be
handed in with matching card.
* This project is worth 80 points, for every day it is late you will be deducted five points from your final grade.
TRADING CARD DIRECTIONS
*FRONT OF THE CARDS:
1) Picture of the explorer -can be from the computer, magazine or drawn
2) Name of the explorer
3) Year they were born and died
4) Student's name
*BACK OF CARDS:
1) Name of the explorer 5) Map of Exploration
2) Country he sailed for
3) Discoveries
4) Key information about the explorer
The back of the cards need to be printed out on the computer. You will be given time in class to work on this
project. Please use your time wisely!
*EXPLORERS
1) Henry Hudson 4) Christopher Columbus 7) Jacques Cartier
2) Vasco Nunez De Balboa 5) Francisco Pizarro 8) Francisco Coronado
3) John Cabot 6) Hernando Cortez 9) Ponce De Leon
10) Hernando De Soto 11) Robert LaSalle
HERNANDO CORTEZ
SAILED FOR: SPAIN
CONQUERED: MEXICO AND THE AZTEC
EMPIRE
DISCOVERIES: In 1504, he came to the
New World as a farmer. He is the founder
of the city VERACRUZ, in MEXICO and
took part in the conquest of CUBA. He is
also known for conquering the Aztec
Indians and their capital city of
Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico
City. In 1536, he founded the first
European settlement in Lower California
and introduced chocolate to Spain.
HERNANDO CORTEZ
BORN 1485 AND DIED IN 1547
BY MRS. MERCER
NAME_______________________________ DUE_____________________
RESEARCH FORM
Explorer
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Date of birth/death
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Country sailed for
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How many trips and the name(s) of their ships
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Where did they land and what did they find?
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Discoveries
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Additional important information
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Draw/glue the map of the exploration route on the back of this page
STUDENT'S NAME_________________________________
GRADING RUBRIC
Cards are neat and Cards are neat and Cards are Cards are together, Some cards were
organized, organized, somewhat neat and organization is completed with
TRADING CARD historically historically organized, minimal and there minimal
accurate and no accurate with only historically are more than 5 organization. No
errors. Extreme 1 or 2 errors. accurate with 3 to errors. Minimal effort was shown
effort was shown Effort was shown 4 errors. Some effort was shown towards
and completed on effort was shown completion of
time project
Paper was neat and Paper was neat and Paper was Paper was Paper was
organized, organized, somewhat neat and together, attempted to be
historically historically organized, organization was completed
RESEARCH accurate with no accurate with only historically minimal and there however no effort
FORM errors. Extreme 1 or 2 errors. Effort accurate with only are more than 5 was put forth to
effort was shown was shown 3 to 4 errors. Some errors. Minimal complete the
effort was shown. effort was shown. project.
Student was easy Student was easy Student was Student was Not able to
to understand. to understand. moderate to moderate to understand the
STUDENT Presentation was Presentation was understand. understand. student.
PRESENTATIO neat and well Somewhat neat Presentation was Presentation was Presentation was
N organized. and well organized sloppy and limited not complete or not done or
organization. well organized attempted
TOTAL
SCORE
GRADE_______________
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