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- 5th - 8th
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Students 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 the each explorer. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research the database for biographies on explorers. They practice their note-taking skills as they gather information about their explorer. They share their information with the class. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students conduct historical research on an early explorer of Canada. They read, observe and interpret historical maps and write an essay. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use the Canadian atlas online to research early explorers and settlers in Canada. They also complete a Web Quest to gather information from maps. They make generalizations about the early settlement patterns as well. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students locate and evaluate the routes of early explorations in America and surrounding countries. They visit key expeditions and state their influence on the lives of the first Americans. Students create a picture book to share with the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the Lewis and Clark expedition. They complete research on each person that was involved with this expedition. Students analyze how the Louisiana Purchase affected the expedition, what Lewis and Clark studied from the expedition, how the expedition helped the USA, and predict how the settlement of the USA might be different without the expedition. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research two careers of their choice. They are shown that career exploration is a life long process. Students look at their interests, aptitudes and values. They explore resources which provide current information on careers and continuing education. Students write a research paper. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the topic of cartography. Using the internet, they research the paths and goals of early explorers. They create a PowerPoint presentation of the information they collected. They also develop a "fill-in-the-blank" worksheet for their classmates to do while presenting their slideshow. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students explain the causes and conditions of worldwide voyages of exploration and discovery by expeditions from Portugal, Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands. They create a small museum exhibit about the early exploration efforts of their assigned country. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students role-play a space exploration. They read scripts detailing an astronaut's journey on a space exploration. They discuss how it felt to be an astronaut, the emotions, moods and feelings of going on a space exploration. Full Review »

