Homework due week 5 (Oct 13)

I hope that you each learned something from your project as well as the projects that other students showed in class.  

As we move along in Texas history, we are entering the age of exploration by Europeans.  

Here is your homework for this week:

1) Read chapters 1&2 of Volume II

2) Complete the Explorer chart for each of the 3 explorers in these chapters

3) Select your next project from Volume II

Select your project from these choices (some details in on the curriculum disk):

1) Learning More: Astrolabe (make an Astrolabe (directions under Doing More) and teach the class about the history and use of this tool)

2) Learning More: Hernando Cortez (Research and read more about this explorer, write a paragraph or two and teach the class about him, don't forget a visual aid)

3) Learning More: Cabeza de Vaca (Research and read more about this explorer, write a paragraph or two and teach the class about him, don't forget a visual aid)

4) Learning More: Fransisco Coronado (Research and read more about this explorer, write a paragraph or two and teach the class about him, don't forget a visual aid)

5) Learning More: Juan de Onate (Research and read more about this explorer, write a paragraph or two and teach the class about him, don't forget a visual aid)

6) Learning More: de La Salle (Research and read more about this explorer, write a paragraph or two and teach the class about him, don't forget a visual aid)

7) Learning More: Domingo Teran (Research and read more about this explorer, write a paragraph or two and teach the class about him, don't forget a visual aid)

8) Doing More: Cartography (Research, write a paragraph or two and then teach us about this important science, make a visual)

9) Doing More: El Camino Real (Research, then Compare and contrast how the Camino Real has changed over 400 years make a mural or drawing to show these changes)

10) Doing More: Nature Journal (Research and draw native plants to our region.  Present your journal to the class.)