Starter quiz
- Zheng He, John Cabot and William Adams were all...
- sports players
- singers
- seafarers ✓
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- A __________ was used to measure how deep the water was.
- compass
- lead line ✓
- longboat
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- Ships have lots of ropes called...
- sails
- rigging ✓
- rudders
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- Which of these is a tool for navigating ships?
- compass ✓
- lead
- longboat
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- Which continent lies to the east of Europe?
- Asia ✓
- China
- America
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- What tool can show you if you are travelling north, south, east or west?
- calculator
- compass ✓
- rudder
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Exit quiz
- Where was John Franklin from?
- Australia
- Britain ✓
- The Arctic
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- John Franklin joined the __________ when he was young.
- football team
- Army
- Navy ✓
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- People in the Navy mainly use...
- cars
- boats ✓
- planes
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- The ‘Erebus’ and the ‘Terror’ were the names of…
- ships ✓
- people
- dogs
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- Where did John Franklin want to explore most of all?
- Pacific Ocean
- Northwest Passage ✓
- Atlantic Ocean
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- How do we know what happened to John Franklin?
- the crew sent an email
- the crew left a note ✓
- the crew told their friends
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Key learning points
- John Franklin was a British explorer and an admiral in the Navy.
- Franklin wanted to find the Northwest Passage, something that no one else had managed to do.
- Franklin's ships, the 'Erebus' & the 'Terror', were last seen waiting for ice to clear; none of the 129 crew survived.
- In 1859, a note was found that revealed the ships had been abandoned, stuck in ice, and that Franklin was dead.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the oceans are totally distinct, separate bodies of water.
Large bodies of water like oceans and seas are connected by smaller bodies of water like rivers. You can sail from one ocean to another.
Keywords
Navy - the ships and boats a country uses for fighting are known as the Navy
Pacific ocean - the Pacific Ocean is the ocean between the Americas and Asia
Northwest passage - the Northwest Passage is a northern sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans
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