Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: The Age of Exploration

Delve into the Age of Exploration with this activity-packed resource! Complete with a pre-test, discussion questions and quiz for a 30-minute video on the period, map activities, timeline of discoveries, vocabulary, etc. this is a...

The Age of Exploration is the theme of a unit designed to boost third-grade ELA skills. Scholars practice spelling patterns, examine words with prefixes and suffixes, build sentences with linking words, and use comparative and...

Here is a great graphic organizer to accompany your study of early European explorers and the Age of Exploration. Learners note the specific contributions of such explorers as Bartholomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama, as well as consider...

Think of a few of the great explorers in world history. Are you thinking of any women? Chances are, probably not, and this will most likely be the case for many of your class members. But in many ways, female explorers may exemplify...

Delve into the Age of Exploration with a multiple-intelligences research project. Learners generate a rubric and worksheet to guide their studies and research one explorer. There is emphasis on research skills, citing sources,...

Find out about the life of an explorer in this brief biography regarding an English naval commander, Sir Richard Grenville.

A brief snapshot of the life and work of sixteenth century explorer and English mariner, Sir John Hawkins.

Find out about the life of an explorer in this brief biography regarding Christopher Columbus.

A brief snapshot of the life and work of English explorer, Sir Humphrey Gilbert.

A brief snapshot of the life and work of a seventeenth century English explorer, Sir Walter Raleigh.