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Year 7 Natural Disasters Unit

The Big Idea : 

DISCOVERY= People are motivated by finding out new things, which can affect things for better or worse.

VITUS BERING

PRIMARY SOURCE: This chart was compiled by Bering on the Siberian Expedition from Tobolsk to Chutkotkan (Library of Congress)

 

JOHN CABOT

SECONDARY SOURCE: Bristol's Connection to John Cabot (BBC)

WILLIAM DAMPIER

PRIMARY SOURCE: A New Voyage Around the World (written by William Dampier, stored by Project Gutenberg)

YOU CAN READ HIS BOOK HERE!

 

HENRY HUDSON

SECONDARY SOURCE: World Explorers Henry Hudson (PBS Learning)

HENRY HUDSON

SECONDARY SOURCE: The Age of Exploration_Henry Hudson (The Mariners' Museum and Park)

WALTER RALEIGH

PRIMARY SOURCE: Sir Walter Raleigh's Notebook for his History of the World (British Library)

AMERIGO VESPUCCI

SECONDARY SOURCE: Amerigo Vespucci (Biography.com)

GASPAR CORTE REAL

PRIMARY SOURCE: On the arrival of two ships in Lisbon, Portugal, from the expedition of Gaspar Corte Real to the north Atlantic Ocean (National Humanities Centre)

Xu Xiake

SECONDARY SOURCE: The backpacker and travel writer from 400 years ago — China's Xu Xiake

THE AGE OF EXPLORATION (CRASH COURSE HISTORY)

VITUS BERING

SECONDARY SOURCE: Vitus Bering and the European Discovery of Alaska (The History Guy, 2021)

JOHN CABOT

SECONDARY SOURCE: A Tale of Tudor Travel_John Cabot's Voyage to America (HISTORY EXTRA)

WILLIAM DAMPIER

SECONDARY SOURCE: Arrival of English Explorer William Dampier (NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA)

Shell Beach, Shark Bay, Western Australia

FRANCIS DRAKE

SECONDARY SOURCE: Francis Drake Sails Around the World (Epic History)

JEAN NICOLLET

SECONDARY SOURCE: Virtual Museum of New France 

WALTER RALEIGH

SECONDARY SOURCE: The DOWNFALL And Execution Of Sir Walter Raleigh (The Untold Past)

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

PRIMARY SOURCE: Giovanni Da Verrazzano (My Old Maps)

This site has several primary sources (observations from Verrazzano). 

Teacher Librarian MS/BS

Noodletools

Britannica

Britannica Image Quest

FRANCIS DRAKE

SECONDARY SOURCE: Francis Drake (History.com)

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. 

Explora: Database

No need to panic! Up to date passwords for databases are HERE

GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO

SECONDARY SOURCE: Giovanni Da Verrazzano (The Mariners' Museum and Park)

AMERIGO VESPUCCI

SECONDARY SOURCE: Amerigo Vespucci: Italian explorer who named America (Live Science)