It's the ultimate in click and learn! Type: Interactive Map or Tour. Format: Online Activity. Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6. CC Standards:. Arts Standards:. Marco Polo and the Silk Road. Description: This page tells all about the life and times of Marco Polo. Type: Historical Profile or Biography Narrative. Prince Henry Biography. Description: This is a full biography of Portuguese explorer Prince Henry. Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6. Bartholomew Dias Biography.
Description: This is a full biography of Portuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias. Vasco da Gama Biography. Description: This is a full biography of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Christopher Columbus Biography. Description: This is a full biography of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Ferdinand Magellan Biography.
Description: This is a complete biography of Ferdinand Magellan. An easy way to have students keep track of all this information is by having students create profiles or trading cards for each of the explorers they learn about.
Most years, I have a template students use to create a profile for each explorer. Students create at least one Spanish, one French, and one English profile. When I have access to technology, I like to save paper and forgo the template. Having students create slideshows is a great way to incorporate tech skills into my early explorers activities.
I am always looking for ways to integrate social studies and ELA. During my explorers unit , students select a famous explorer and write a letter from the perspective of that explorer. While including important information about that explorer, students should also consider what that person might have been feeling as they explored the new world.
Remember, students should always use proper spelling and grammar, even when writing for social studies! Do your students have trouble keeping track of important dates in history? It can be a challenge, even for adults! To solve this problem, I use interactive timelines in my classroom.
I use my timelines two different ways. The first option is as a center activity. Students can work individually or in groups to match the dates to the events. After matching, they sort the events in the correct order. The second option is to create an interactive bulletin board. Using Velcro, I attach each of the pieces to the board. Like with the center activity, students match the dates to the events. Then, they sort the events in the correct order.
Not only does this activity help students memorize dates, but it is also an opportunity to practice teamwork. Task cards are always a great way to review social studies! These review tools are easy to set up and a great way to get students moving. Pizarro and his band of soldiers arrived in the Inca capital city, high in the Andes Mountains of South America, looking for riches.
Pizarro knew they were in trouble the minute he entered the city. There was gold everywhere. There were people everywhere. There were temples and beautiful art. This was a civilization, and an organized one. Although their welcome was warm, they were worried they would be killed. It was a very real worry. Pizarro and his men planned all night how to escape. They knew they had very little chance of success. They got lucky!
Read the story of Francisco Pizarro and the Incas to find out how. In the s, when the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, entered Aztec territory Mexico with a small band of his men, the Aztecs misunderstood why they were there.
The Aztecs thought these men had been sent by their god, Quetzalcoatl. But the Spanish were looking for people to convert to the Catholic religion, as well as gold to capture. The Aztecs soon became suspicious. Cortes and his men were lucky to leave unharmed. Vasco Balboa - Balboa was a Spanish explorer, a swordplay teacher, a pig farmer, husband of an Indian princess, and the first to see the eastern shore of Pacific Ocean.
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Students discuss the meaning of exploration and places they would like to explore. Students explore the relationships between rivers and early settlements in the United States. In this video Dr.
Kenny Broad describes his early and ongoing fascination with water exploration. Join our community of educators and receive the latest information on National Geographic's resources for you and your students. Skip to content. Twitter Facebook Pinterest Google Classroom. Have students write journal entries from the explorer's point of view.
Extending the Learning Have students select a place in the Americas that they would like to explore themselves.
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