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Hernando de Soto Explores Florida

For Students 7th - 9th
Print this resource or save it to your desk top. It contains five activities and eleven vocabulary words related to Hernando de Soto and his exploration of Florida. Each activity provides targeted skills practice to prime learners for a...
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Hernando De Soto's Trip Through South Carolina

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become familiar with the explorations of Hernando DeSoto. For this DeSoto lesson, 4th graders recognize the routes and territories of DeSoto's explorations. Students use primary and secondary sources and research to answer...
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U.S. History: de Soto's Alternate Route

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine various maps associated with Hernando de Soto's expedition. By comparing their textbook maps with newer maps, they answer a battery of focus questions. Using Microsoft Word, 8th graders answer the questions...
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European Exploration of North America Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders listen to read-alouds and participate in extension activities about European Explorers—Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, and Samuel de...
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de Soto's Expedition: An Alternate Route

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Exploration Age lesson, 8th graders compare historical maps with new maps focusing on the route of Hernado de Soto.
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Georgia Challenge

For Students 4th - 5th
In this multiple choice about the U.S. state of Georgia activity, students read factual phrases about Georgia and choose the correct who, what, or where answers. Students answer 10 multiple choice answers.
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Georgia Alphabet Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this alphabet activity worksheet, students read the words related to the state of Georgia. Students then write the 10 words in alphabetical order.
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Georgia Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Georgia worksheet, students match vocabulary words having to do with Georgia's famous people, places, and history to sentences that describe them. Students match 10 words.
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Exploring Explorers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gather information about a 15th to 17th century explorer and prepare a script in talk show format about the individual. Finally, students make a video following the script and present it to the class.
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Georgia Word Search

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students read the words about Georgia. Students then locate the 9 words within the word search.
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Spanish Explorers Name Cards

For Students 4th
In this explorers worksheet students see the names of 18 Spanish explorers on name cards. There is no information given on this page.
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Early Explorers Project

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners choose an explorer from a given list, create an original song or poem based on the life of their explorer, make puppets to represent their explorer and then present their original piece to the class while students take notes on...
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Reading Comprehension: Louisiana

For Students 4th - 6th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page article regarding Louisiana and respond to 10 true or false questions regarding the selection about the state.
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North Carolina

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this North Carolina worksheet, students read about the early history of North Carolina and answer true and false questions about it. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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Early Explorer Time-Line

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study exploration of the New World. In this Exploration Age instructional activity, 4th graders research early explorers and create time lines that include picture, captions, and the routes of the explorers studied.
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Tennessee Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Tennessee worksheet, students read a selection about the history of Tennessee, then complete a set of 10 true/false questions. 
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Spanish Explorers

For Students 5th - 8th
In this social studies activity, students read the names of Spanish explorers and they are to be displayed as a word wall for the classroom.
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Exploration--Widening Our Horizons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the difficulties of exploration and some of the motivations for exploration. They investigate various types of explorers and identify the difficulties faced by the New World explorers. Students create a journal of...
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Arkansas

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Arkansas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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National Park Service: Hernando De Soto

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto who explored the southern coast of what became the United States. Read about his travels and demise.
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Hernando De Soto (1500? 1542)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Hernando de Soto's travels throughout Arkansas in his quest for gold and silver.
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Aas: The Expedition of Hernando De Soto in 16th Century Arkansas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an article from the Arkansas Archaeology Survey that traces a probable route of Hernando de Soto in what is now Arkansas. Evidence has been found especially in the Parkin site in northeast Arkansas.
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American Journeys: Narrative of De Soto's Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
Background on a narraative about Hernando De Soto's exploration of the New World, including the role played by Luis de Moscoso. The originally-Spanish narrative has been translated into English and access to that document is available...
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The Conquest of North America by Hernando De Soto, Coronado and Cabeza De Vaca

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the conquest of North America in the 1500s by the explorers Hernando de Soto, Vasquez de Coronado, and Cabeza de Vaca. The text has many embedded links to maps showing the routes they traveled as well as to additional information.

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