Who is Who?
The teacher reads the table and gives an explorator’s description to every one student. Then the teacher calls the nouns and the student recognizes himself.
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Read the table with quick facts from biography of the most important geographic explorers.
NAME
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Christopher Columbus
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OCCUPATION
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Explorer
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BIRTH DATE
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c. October 31, 1451
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DEATH DATE
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May 20, 1506
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PLACE OF BIRTH
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Genoa, Italy
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PLACE OF DEATH
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Valladolid, Spain
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AKA
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Cristoforo Colombo - Cristóbal Colón
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NAME
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Ferdinand Magellan
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OCCUPATION
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Explorer
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BIRTH DATE
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c. 1480
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DEATH DATE
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April 27, 1521
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PLACE OF BIRTH
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Sabrosa or Porto, Portugal
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PLACE OF DEATH
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Mactan, Philippines
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AKA
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Fernando /Hernando de Magallanes
Fernão de Magalhães
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NAME
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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OCCUPATION
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Explorer
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BIRTH DATE
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c. 1485
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DEATH DATE
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1528
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PLACE OF BIRTH
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Val di Greve, Italy
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PLACE OF DEATH
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Lesser Antilles
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NAME
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Francisco Pizarro
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OCCUPATION
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Explorer
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BIRTH DATE
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c. 1476
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DEATH DATE
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June 26, 1541
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PLACE OF BIRTH
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Trujillo, Spain
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PLACE OF DEATH
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Lima, Peru
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NAME
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Francis Drake
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OCCUPATION
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Explorer
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BIRTH DATE
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c. 1540
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DEATH DATE
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January 28, 1596
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PLACE OF BIRTH
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Tavistock, England
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PLACE OF DEATH
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Portobelo, Panama
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FULL NAME
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Sir Francis Drake
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NAME
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Amerigo Vespucci
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OCCUPATION
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Explorer
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BIRTH DATE
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c. 1451
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DEATH DATE
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c. 1512
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PLACE OF BIRTH
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Florence, Italy
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PLACE OF DEATH
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Seville, Spain
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AKA
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America’s namesake
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NICKNAME
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"Pickle Dealer"
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FULL NAME
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Now, find the simple description that refers to one or other of them.
1. While in the service of Spain, the Portuguese explorer XXX led the first European voyage of discovery to circumnavigate the globe.
2. America was named after XXX, a Florentine navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the New World.
3. Famed Italian explorer XXX discovered the "New World" of the Americas on an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain; he departed from Palos in 1492.
4. XXX was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor in 1524. The XXX – Narrows Bridge in New York was named after him.
5. Spanish explorer and conquistador XXX helped Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean, and after conquering Peru, founded its capital city, Lima.
6. English admiral XXX circumnavigated the globe from 1577-1580, helped defeat the Spanish Armada of 1588 and was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan era.
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Now, use the information in the table for build a time line. Write in right order the journeys date and correspondent explorers' name.
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Look at the image of a caravel and name each part with the specific term chosen from the list below. Write the right word in the spaces.
ANCHOR – FLAG – HULL – KEEL - MAIN MAST – RUDDER - SAIL
Anchor: a heavy device attached by a cable to a vessel and cast overboard to keep the vessel from drifting by becoming secured to the bottom.
Flag: a piece of cloth, esp. bunting, often attached to a pole or staff, decorated with a design and used as an emblem, symbol, or standard or as a means of signalling
Hull: the hollow lowermost portion of a ship.
Keel: the base at the bottom of the hull of a boat, usually a long metal or wooden bar, that extends from the back to the front and from which the sides are built
Main mast: the principal mast on a sailing ship.
Rudder: a vertical blade at the rear of a ship or plane that can be turned to control direction
Sail: a piece of canvas (triangular or square) on a ship to catch the wind and propel the vessel
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Look at this image of a caravel and name each part with the specific term chosen of vessel and nouns parts of it.
Glossary:
Rudder: a vertical blade at the rear of a ship or plane that can be turned to control direction.
Captain’s cabin: a captain’s room in the ship
Quarterdeck: the part of the deck of a vessel from midship to the stern.
Mizzen: sail
Main mast: the principal mast on a sailing ship.
Foremast: the mast nearest the bow of a vessel.
Fighting top: one of the gun platforms on the lower masts of sailing men-of-war, used in attacking the crew of an enemy ship with swivel guns and muskets
Jib boom: a spar forming a continuation of a bowsprit.
Bowsprit: spar projecting from the upper end of the bow of a sailing vessel, for holding the tacks of various jibs or stays and often supporting a jib boom
Fo’c’sle: a structure sticking up at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel.
Figurehead
Forepeak
Beak
Gun port
Chains: in the chains, standing outboard
Shrouds: any of the ropes or wires attached to the head of a ship's mast to keep it from swaying.
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