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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together to examine Dutch, French, Spanish and English explorers. They create a poster of the information they collected and write about one explore they find most interesting. They share their information with the class. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research early explorers on the Internet, then use Kid Pix to create a graphic that outlines the route of the explorer. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students "travel" from Europe to North America as Columbus did. They organize the information into chronoglogical order. 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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- 4th
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Students examine how the early explorers from Spain and England competed in their search for riches and new lands. They read and discuss text from their book, participate in a debate, and create a poster. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students read and are read various poems in their native language of Spanish. In groups or individually, they translate the poems into English and practice speaking English by reading them to the class. They answer comprehension questions for each poem to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how visual and literary images played an important role in the English colonization of Virginia. They analyze the importance of Thomas Harriot's Report on the subsequent development of English colonial plans for Virginia. They look at the connection between Harriot's text and the images that John White and Theodor de Bry created. They see how John Smith's written and cartographic descriptions of Virginia shape the colony's development. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students investigate the characteristics of explorers. They research the factors that contributed to the first European explorers that came to North America. Students also concentrate on the interactions that explorers had with Native Americans. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students examine the European explorations in North America and West Africa. They describe the motivations, obstacles, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English explorers. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students use economic thinking to solve the mystery "Why did the English colonies in North America prosper?" They study early explorers to discover their motives for exploring and their actual discoveries. Full Review »
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