Task+&+Process

=**Task & Process**=

Please use the following **Explorer** **Note Organizer** for your research!


 * EXPLORER NOTE ORGANIZER**
 * **__Initial Auditions:__**Contestants went through a series of cuts in front of the show's producer (your librarian). The number of auditioners were over 100 people, but the producer cut contestants down to the list that follows! You must choose one of these contestants as the explorer you will represent and move on to Hollywood. ||


 * Choose one of these explorers**
 * Vasco Nunez de Balboa
 * John Cabot
 * Jacques Cartier
 * Samuel de Champlain
 * James Cook
 * Francisco Coronado
 * Vasco da Gama
 * Hernan Cortes
 * Juan Ponce de Leon
 * Hernando de Soto
 * Sir Francis Drake
 * Henry Hudson
 * Robert de LaSalle
 * Ferdinand Magellan
 * Francisco Pizarro
 * Marco Polo
 * Prince Henry, the Navigator
 * Giovanni da Verrazzano
 * Amerigo Vespucci
 * Vasco Nunez de Balboa
 * John Cabot
 * Jacques Cartier
 * Samuel de Champlain
 * James Cook
 * Francisco Coronado
 * Vasco da Gama
 * Hernan Cortes
 * Juan Ponce de Leon
 * Hernando de Soto
 * Sir Francis Drake
 * Henry Hudson
 * Robert de LaSalle
 * Ferdinand Magellan
 * Francisco Pizarro
 * Marco Polo
 * Prince Henry, the Navigator
 * Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano
 * Amerigo Vespucci

Once in Hollywood, the contestants perform in groups according to their country of birth or the country which sponsored their explorations. You must work together with the other agents of explorers with the same nationality (English, French, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese) and help each other find books on these explorers in our library. Use your MyQuest accounts to create a "List" of books you think might be helpful, then find one of these books on the shelves and use it to start your research. In order to survive Hollywood Week and move on to the semi-finals, you must complete an Explorer Idol Notes Organizer, using at least one book, one database and one website (see the RESOURCES page for websites and databases). Take good notes because your **__//TASK//__** as talent agent of your explorer is to find out the facts about your explorer which will answer this //** __ESSENTIAL QUESTION:__ "Why is he the greatest explorer of all time?" **//
 * __Hollywood Week:__ **

__**Semi-Finals:**__ Once your note organizer is completed, you are in the semi-finals! As talent agent for your finalist you must now design, complete and present a DE POSTER in front of a live studio audience (your class). The DE POSTER must contain the following:
 * 1) **Name and picture of your explorer.**
 * 2) **Background information from your note organizer (for example, date of birth, place of birth, etc.).**
 * 3) **Information about his explorations (where, when, what he found, etc.).**
 * 4) **Map of exploration route.**
 * 5) **Your reasons why this explorer should be the next Explorer Idol.**
 * 6) ** Bibliography of sources used. **

Voting will take place during research class after all the agents have presented their contestant's DE POSTER. The top three explorers with the most votes will move on to the finals.
 * __Audience Voting:__ **

**__Finals:__** The three finalists will then present their DE POSTER again to the celebrity judges (your librarian and teacher) who will then critique their performance and vote on their favorite finalist. The winner will receive a place in the Explorer Idol Hall of Fame, a publicity spot on the Virtual Library Website, and a small prize!