Task

Imagine that you have just been chosen to be part of an important committee. The Smithsonian Museum has just  decided to celebrate the exploration of North America by creating a museum wing. The new wing will display items that represent the reasons and outcomes of exploration. Your job as a committee member is to create a poster and a project for the museum wing and to present them to the Smithsonian for approval. To create the items for your new wing, you will use information about the early explorers of North America from the World Wide Web. You will need to persuade your group members and the class that your items belong in the museum wing.

Smithsonian Institution Building dates from the early 1850s