Curated OER
Numbers in Spanish
Spanish learners can start with uno, dos, y tres and move all the way up into the millions and trillions on their way to learning all the numbers. The webpage includes information on cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers, fractions, and...
Other
Encyclopedia Virginia: Christopher Newport
Biographical information about English explorer, Christopher Newport, who commanded the first fleet sent by the Virginia Company to America, and who helped the colonists found Jamestown colony. A timeline outlines his active sailing career.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Sir Walter Raleigh
A brief snapshot of the life and work of a seventeenth century English explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Sir Humphrey Gilbert
A brief snapshot of the life and work of English explorer, Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Sir Richard Grenville
Find out about the life of an explorer in this brief biography regarding an English naval commander, Sir Richard Grenville.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Sir John Hawkins
A brief snapshot of the life and work of sixteenth century explorer and English mariner, Sir John Hawkins.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers: English Portuguese Picture Dictionary
This is a great tool for visual learners and students of English and/or Portuguese. The site features pictures and illustrations--great sample vocabulary words--for a letter of the alphabet. Some words also include labeling activity...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers: English Portuguese Picture Dictionary
This is a great tool for visual learners and students of English and/or Portuguese. The site features pictures and illustrations--great sample vocabulary words--for a letter of the alphabet. Some words also include labeling activity...
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Sebastian Cabot
A biography of Sebastian Cabot (1484-1557), the second son of English explorer John Cabot. He sailed to North America and explored its eastern coastline. He also made a voyage to South America. This site has a Google widget that will...
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Henry Hudson
A biography of Henry Hudson (1565-1611), an English explorer and sea captain. He made four voyages in an attempt to discover a northern route between Europe and Asia. Hudson never found such a passage, but he sailed farther north than...
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Captain John Smith
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Captain John Smith, English explorer and a founder of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia.
PBS
Empire of the Bay: Henry Hudson
Who was Henry Hudson? What happened to him? This one-page biography from PBS provides learners with these details and more.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Henry Hudson
A brief story of Henry Hudson's explorations for the Dutch and the English and a map of his routes from 1609 to 1611.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers French English Picture Dictionary
This charming picture dictionary engages young students whose first language is French, and encourage reading and vocabulary building. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers French English Picture Dictionary
This charming picture dictionary engages young students whose first language is French, and encourage reading and vocabulary building. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorers German English Picture Dictionary
This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among young students whose first language is German. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: John Cabot
A biography of John Cabot (1450-1499), an explorer who made the first English voyage to North America. His voyage in 1497 gave England a claim to the mainland of North America and led to the founding of the English colonies in America....
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Sir Martin Frobisher
A biography of Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594), one of the first English navigators to search for a Northwest Passage to India and eastern Asia. He became known as one of the greatest seamen during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Round the World
An account of Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the South Seas, and then around the Earth, that he began in 1577. The narrative is attributed to Francis Pretty, a member of the crew.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: John W. Shirley: Sir Ralph Lane
Lane is best known for being sent to the New World on a mission to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island, by order of Sir Walter Raleigh. Discover how successful his expedition was and other biographical data about the explorer.
Other
Texas Bob: The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
An English translation of Cabeza De Vaca's first-hand account of his journey and quest to claim territory from Florida to Mexico for Spain.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies
A fantastic resource where you can find biographies of historical figures. You can search by the person's name or by topics, such as Presidents, United States Leaders, Scientists, Inventors, Humanitarians, Explorers and Pioneers,...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage 1580
Fordham University provides this primary source document that was written by Sir Francis Drake's Gentlemen at Arms, Francis Pretty. It is his personal records of the voyage Drake took around the world in 1577, which began in the South...