Lesson 4b & c: Gilbert and Drake

1) Primary Sources:
MFHC: 3.3 (Gilbert) and 3.4 (Drake)
Canadian History for Dummies: covers Gilbert with John Guy.
For a more lively (and longer) account of Drake's voyage see Drake's Famous Voyage Around the World by M. B. Synge from A Book of Discovery
CBYR: Humphry Gilbert

2) Map: Draw route of Drake's voyage. Map here (Look up and label from Dickie's map on p. 20)

3) Activities: Colour in the flag of St. George for England. One here.
Colour in map of land claimed for New France (blue) and land claimed for England. (red) Map here.
1578.
Key:
Blue: France
Red: Britain

4) Timeline figures or images: Gilbert. This site looks like a great resource for older students as well, including links to primary source documents.
Drake
placement: Gilbert: 1583
Drake: 1579

5) Supplementary readings: brief history of Gilbert here with map of voyage.

Gilbert's contribution to the exploration of the North-West passage briefly discussed here.

Procedure:
Quick narrations
Map work.

Chapter review questions cover Lesson 4, parts a and b and c.