As the audience, your job will be to watch the TV show and decide who the real Vasco da Gama is. Two people will say a fact about themselves, but only one person will be the real Vasco da Gama. Some of you will be historians who are guests on today’s TV show all about da Gama. To learn the story of Vasco da Gama, we are going to do a TV read. Would anyone like to share their predictions? (give think time) Turn and talk…tell your partner your predictions. Think about your predictions in your own mind first. Does anyone know the name of this man? Here is our big question for today…*ģ I have some pictures to help you make some predictions about this explorer and his accomplishments. optional: microphone for TV read -Vasco da Game award certificate for each student -set of explorer sort cards and a small baggie forĢ Why did Vasco da Gama explore his world and what were his accomplishments?Ī year after Amerigo Vespucci set off on his explorations, another explorer from Portugal set off to try to find an all-water route to Asia. Materials needed: -Vasco da Gama picture cards -blue and red square of paper or unifix cube for each student -TV read part for each student *This show goes with the 25 part TV read.
1 Social Studies Early Exploration: Lesson 9 – Vasco da Gama
