James Cook's First Voyage

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Credits


• Teacher Page

Process

Once everybody has chosen a role, each one of you will have to create a story for your character and also learn about what the real characters must have been like. Follow this process:

a. Choose a picture for your character. You can use the following sites:    

Maori man/woman:

http://www.oceania-ethnographica.com/maori.html

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/  

Sailor:  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/life_at_sea_01.shtml

http://www.britishbattles.com/waterloo/images/trafalgar/sailors.jpg

http://www.intaglio-fine-art.com/images/trk411a.jpg

b. Complete the following factfile about your character. Use the Character Template to do that. Since your character is completely fictitious, you can make up some of the data but always considering it should be consistent with history.  

Name and surname:

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Nationality:

Age:

Interests:

Maritat status/children:

Resources: 

Maori:

http://www.virtualoceania.net/newzealand/culture/maori

http://www.tourism.net.nz/new-zealand/about-new-zealand/maori-culture.html http://www.marimari.com/content/new_zealand/best_of/maori_culture/maori.html

Doctor/explorer:

http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/hist-8.html http://pacs.unica.it/biblio/lesson6.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/captaincook_scurvy_01.shtml http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/18_19c_nf.html http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/EuropeanDiscoveryOfNewZealand/4/en

Sailor:

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/n-s/nelson.html http://www.todoababor.es/vida_barcos/elnavio.htm

Day 2 

You will learn about Captain Cook's Endeavour and how the boat got to New Zealand. Next, you will have to reconstruct the moments of the arrival and shipping of the boat in New Zealand. Use the Endeavour Template and the Story Template 1 (Doctor, Sailor/Explorer) or Story Template 2 (Maori) to organise your thoughts.  

Resources:  

James Cook Voyages:

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/7557/cook1.html http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/EuropeanDiscoveryOfNewZealand/5/en http://www.janesoceania.com/captcook1/index.htm http://www.newzealand.com/travel/sights-activities/scenic-highlights/history-culture/scenic-highlight-details.cfm/businessid/63603.html http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/EuropeanDiscoveryOfNewZealand/5/en 

Endeavour:

http://www.transitofvenus.auckland.ac.nz/explorations/index1.html 

(Chapter 7)

http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/endeavour/maps/voyage.html# http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/launch_vt_endeavour.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Bark_Endeavour

Botaniccal discoveries:  

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/endeavour-botanical/

http://www.plantexplorers.com/explorers/biographies/banks/joseph-banks-01.htm

Day 3  

You will team up with your partners. First, you will put in common all the information about Captain Cook and the Endeavour you have gathered. Second, every one of you will tell the story from his point of view. Use the Individual Presentation Template to avaluate your friends’ stories. Feel free to ask them any questions you like about their characters.    

Day 4  

In your team again, think of ways to introduce your stories and the information about Captain Cook’s journey in the class wiki. Take into account that the information you include in the wiki will be read and avaluated by your classmates. Include some pictures that make it easier to understand.

Day 5

Look at the Wiki and avaluate the work your partners have introduced. Use the Wiki Rubric. Next, start preparing a Power Point Presentation for next day including the three stories. Since your partners in the class will evaluate your presentation, make sure it is attractive and relevant enough.    

Day  6 

You will present the Power Point to the rest of the class. Use the Oral Presentation Rubric to avaluate your partners.