Get Your Passport Ready: Traveling with Early Explorers

The Commercial Revolution fueled a desire to explore the world. Travelers, adventurers, and explorers went looking for markets, power, and/or knowledge.

In groups of four, students will individually research the journeys of four adventurers. After conducting their research, each member will share their information with the group. Students will individually decide which journey they would most like to join. To do so, they will have to fill out an application to take part in a time-travel experiment and be allowed to join their chosen explorer and his journey. The application asks them to explain why their chosen journey was important historically, why they would like to be a part of it, and what they feel they can contribute to it.