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Instructions

You will need a copy of the question sheet titled Captain James Cook Task Sheet.

You have one lesson, during which you must visit the Websites listed below in order to answer the twenty questions on the sheet you have been given.

Once you have done this, write up the task from the end of this page.

The BBC Website's Page about Captain Cook

The Wikipedia Encylopedia Page about Captain Cook

The Official UK Captain Cook site

Great Ayton, Captain Cook's boyhood home

The Captain Cook Society

Article written by Robin Chew on Lucid Interactive

An Article for the January 1999 Deep Cove Crier by Ed Hird

The State Library of New South Wales - Joseph Banks Homepage

Gary Pierson's James Cook Page

Commonwealth of Australia - Historic Documents ( Secret Instructions to Captain Cook, 30th July 1768)

Michael Dickinson's James Cook site (Written by a descendant of Cook, the three voyages and images)

A Yorkshireman's tribute to Captain James Cook, R.N. (Lots of pictures of Cook related locations)

Life on Board the Endeavour

You must write a journal of the voyage of the Endeavour from the point of view of a member of the crew. The following tasks will give you some tips about how to write your journal as well as some ideas on the information that you must include.

You will need to include:

What your name is (a real member of the crew), What your job is on board the Endeavour, four things that you had to do as part of your job.

Make notes using bullet points with headings, for example: FOOD.

Some of the things you should include here are people, food, living arrangements, discipline, punishments, places visited and illness. Make sure you explain what life was like for everyone aboard the Endeavour, not just yourself.

Your journal should be an account of the whole voyage of the Endeavour and of the adventures that the crew had. You must write about it as if you were there and include as much factual information as possible. As it is a journal, it can include your feelings and opinions, but do not stray from the truth!!