Introduction
Today we have carefully mapped all of the world.
There are almost no places left for people to explore.
This is because that some of our ancestors dared to sail out, with the hope of finding new and rich lands, faster ways to get around the globe - some even went to the top of the world, some even further - into space!
Back then nobody had all of the modern day technologies to examine the place they were going, or find their way to the other side of the globe.
You would have to go there yourself - maybe not even knowing whether you would find anything or not!
Task
Your task is to write minimum a page - maximum two pages - as if you were one of the past's great explorers.
Your story should follow your chosen explorer's timeline.
During your story you should consider following questions:
Where are you going?
What do you expect to find?
How was the trip?
Who do you encounter on your journey?
Were there any compications?
What did you achieve?
In general going into deep descriptions would be nice.
Process
You are given ten different explorers to choose from.
Roal Amundsens - Search for the Northwest Passage
Hernan Cortes - Fall of the Aztec empire
Charles Darwin - His journey on the HMS Beagle
Ferdinand Magellan - The first Circumnavigation of the Earth
The travels of Marco Polo
Dr. David Livingstone - Africa
Lewis and Clark - Expansion into the West
Sir Edmund Hillary - The first Everest Expidition
Cristopher Columbus -Discovery of the New World
Neil Armstrong - The first Steps on the Moon
You can find information about your explorer through this link: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous-expeditions.php
Evaluation
The unacceptable task:
- No descriptions of the journey
- No historical facts
- Copy paste from the link
The acceptable task:
- Some descriptions of the journey
- Some historical facts
- A few sentences copied from the link
The exemplary task:
- Deep and varied descriptions of the journey
- Great amount of precise historical facts
- No sentences copied from the link.
Conclusion
Now that you have completed the task, it is time sum up.
Write a few comments on what you have learned about exploring and explorers.
Is there anything you would have done differently?
Otherwise - Good Job and I am looking forward to read more of your written work!