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Enrichment activity (continued)
8. Make a Poster:
‘Mauritius & Rodrigues Long ago’
Guidelines for making the poster
(i)Think what you have learnt about the topic ‘Discovery of Mauritius and Rodrigues’.
In your copybook note the main ideas.
Here are some hints to help you:
1.Whywerepeopletravellingatsealongago?Wheredidthesepeoplecomefrom? 
   Howwerethesepeoplecalled?
2.AmongtheEuropeanssailingintheIndianOcean,whowerethersttodiscover
   thevariousislandsintheIndianOcean?
   Whatnamesdidtheygivetotheseislands?
3. After the departure of the Portuguese, other sailors stopped on our island.
   Whowerethey?Whydidtheystopatourisland?
4. Howwasthefaunaandoraoftheislandsinthe16thcentury?
(You can think of the vast forest of ebony trees, lagoons and rivers lled with
shes and the harmless animals & birds)
(ii) In groups of 5 – 6 pupils and with the help of your teacher, create a poster titled:
(i) Mauritius Long Ago
(ii) Rodrigues Long Ago.
For this task, you will need your activity book, crayons and felt-tips, glue and scissors.
Use a variety of colours for the different parts of your poster.
You may draw or stick pictures to illustrate your work.
Display your poster in class.