Grades
4 and 5: European Exploration and "Settlement" in British
Columbia, 1787-1867
Student
Handout - Exploring Together
There is still
a lot to know about the world! After you have carefully read the
handout How Do We Know Where We Are, you will be asked to go on
a mission of exploration with a partner or in a group.
- In books
or on-line, find old maps of the world and, if possible, of Canada
and British Columbia. Copy two or three of these maps to compare
old and new styles of map-making. Answer these questions:
Do old maps
and new maps show the same places?
Do they have the same names for the same location?
How else do the old and new maps compare?
- In books
or on-line, find out about the life of one of the explorers mentioned
in the handout. Present a short history of that person's life
along with some pictures, if possible.
- In books,
magazines, or on-line find out how some of the early European
explorers of British Columbia are remembered in the province today.
Hint: Look for names of schools, of streets in major cities, rivers,
islands, and so on.
- In books
or on-line, find out about the tools used by map-makers and surveyors
in the past and those used by these map-makers and surveyors today.
Collect pictures of these tools and label the pictures with their
names. Find out how these tools work.
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