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Key learning points

  1. In this unit of work, we will be learning all about a variety of different explorers who made history. In this lesson, we will be learning about what an explorer is and focusing on the qualities and attributes that an explorer may have.

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3 Questions

Q1.
1) What is a historian?
A person who does research about the past.
A person who reads about the past.
Correct answer: A person who studies and writes about the past.
Q2.
2) What is an explorer?
Correct answer: A person who makes journeys to new and treacherous places.
A person who takes time to see new places.
A person who visits different places around the world.
Q3.
3) Choose 4 words to describe an explorer. (Make sure to tick 4 boxes!)
Correct answer: Brave
Correct answer: Courageous
Cowardly
Correct answer: Curious
Correct answer: Determined
Unmotivated

3 Questions

Q1.
1) What is an explorer?
Correct answer: A person who makes journeys to new and treacherous places.
A person who takes time to see new places.
A person who visits different places around the world.
Q2.
2) What is a historian?
A person who studies and writes about the future
Correct answer: A person who studies and writes about the past.
A person who studies and writes about the present
Q3.
3) Choose 4 words to describe an explorer. (Make sure to tick 4 boxes!)
Correct answer: Brave
Correct answer: Courageous
Cowardly
Correct answer: Curious
Correct answer: Determined
Unmotivated

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UnitHistory / Explorers and adventurers

History