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Explorer Project

Tips and examples of student costumes and details about the explorer project itself...


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Student Costume Examples

Ideas for making your costume: bathrobes, sheets, old curtains, fabric, vests, long knee socks with shortened pants and a blousy top, paper bags, boots, graduation gowns, Halloween costumes. Be creative!

 

Explorer Project Directions and  Examples

Start by looking up your explorer. You are going to become the class expert on your explorer! All your work must be completed at home.

Explorer Mini-Report. Write your mini-report as a full paragraph or two, being sure to focus on the important things about your explorer. What is he best known for? Why is he famous? What are his important discoveries or contributions? How did his contributions make an impact on the people or discoveries of that time period?

Flag. First, make sure you know which country your person worked or explored for or otherwise represented. For example, Columbus was Italian, but he sailed for Spain, not Italy, so you would make a Spanish flag for Columbus.

Map. If your person is an explorer, mark the route of his journey showing his expedition(s). If your person is a key person during exploration, but he didn't go on an expedition, mark the country or location showing where that person did his work. For example, Prince Henry of Portugal was key to the advancement in the science of navigation, but he made no journeys himself. On the map for Prince Henry you would simply mark Portugal. Mark it in pencil first, have your parent check it, then go over it in red so that it stands out. 

Explorer. The most visible of your explorer project is your explorer himself. Make him look as authentic as possible, dressed in the attire of that period of time. You can use many different types of materials.

  • Face - draw, photo copy face and increase to correct size, craft "eyes"

  • Hair - yarn, doll hair (crafts stores, WalMart), cotton

  • Armor - aluminum foil, silver wrapping paper

  • Clothing - fabric scraps, gift wrapping paper, construction paper, wash cloths/towels

  • Shoes - construction paper, black marker, leather scraps

  • Clothing embellishments - old cheap jewelry, ribbon, lace scraps, cotton (fur), drapery tie-backs

 Be creative! We will put all the parts together with a nameplate on a construction paper poster at school.

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