A GREAT PLACE TO START: Visit the Swanson Library Resource Page to learn more about your explorer. The resources listed below will provide you a lot of information:
Explorer Treasure Hunt
Explorer Information
Mariner's Museum Website
History.com
Exploration Videos- History.com
Mr. Nussbaum- Age of Exploration
Mr. Nussbaum- Explorer Interactive Site
Explorer Profiles
Map Builder
Interactive Explorer Maps
Explorer Routes- Early Voyages Site
Explorer Webquest- great activity for if you're finished!
Timetoast- use this website to create a timeline or search for a timeline on your explorer!
Enchanted Learning- Explorers- this site will give you information about each explorer, along with a map
Explorer Site
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Pebble Go
- World Book
- Brain Pop
Explorer Treasure Hunt
Explorer Information
Mariner's Museum Website
History.com
Exploration Videos- History.com
Mr. Nussbaum- Age of Exploration
Mr. Nussbaum- Explorer Interactive Site
Explorer Profiles
Map Builder
Interactive Explorer Maps
Explorer Routes- Early Voyages Site
Explorer Webquest- great activity for if you're finished!
Timetoast- use this website to create a timeline or search for a timeline on your explorer!
Enchanted Learning- Explorers- this site will give you information about each explorer, along with a map
Explorer Site
CONTENT VOCABULARY
New World- The name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas.
Age of Exploration- The period time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas.
explorer- A person who travels in search of new geographical information. For example, the Europeans who sailed unknown seas in the 1500s looking for new routes to Asia were explorers.
the Americas- the land masses of North America, Central America, and South America.
Northwest Passage- The route across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for, BUT never found. Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean so they could get from Europe to Asia more quickly.
East Indies- Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
colony-A community ruled by another country, not by its own people.
New World- The name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas.
Age of Exploration- The period time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas.
explorer- A person who travels in search of new geographical information. For example, the Europeans who sailed unknown seas in the 1500s looking for new routes to Asia were explorers.
the Americas- the land masses of North America, Central America, and South America.
Northwest Passage- The route across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for, BUT never found. Explorers hoped to find a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean so they could get from Europe to Asia more quickly.
East Indies- Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
colony-A community ruled by another country, not by its own people.