Most Valuable Conquistador Trading Cards

The purpose of this assignment is for you to create trading cards of five different conquistadors/explorers from the 1500s and beyond.

What you need-

-Five index cards- The cards can either be blank on both sides or have lines on one side for where you are writing facts about your explorer.

On the front of the card…

Illustrate your explorer and write “Most Valuable Conquistador Trading Card” along with the explorer’s name.

On the back…(If any of this information is not available, write “information not available”)

-Write the explorer’s name.

-Write the year he was born as well as the year he passed away.

-Write which country he came from, and if there is specific information on where he exactly came from, write that information down.

-Write the explorer’s major accomplishment [something he did to influence Florida history]

-Write three other facts about your explorer.

REFERENCE LINKS [Hint- Three are Spanish, one is French, and one is English.]

Jean Ribault

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/ribault/ribault1.htm

Panfilo de Narvaez

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/narvaez/narvaez1.htm

Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/menendz/menendz1.htm

Juan Ponce de Leon

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm

Sir Francis Drake

-http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/drake/drake1.htm

-http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/sir_francis_drake.htm

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WHEN YOU ARE DONE…

When you are done, please place all five cards in a Ziploc bag, write your name, number, and date on it with a permanent marker, and place the completed assignment in the basket.