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- 4th
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Students 'draw' a European Explorer from a hat, research this person and write a poem which describes the characteristics of a the Explorer. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students review early European explorers to the Americas, their motivations and their accomplishments; students use steps of writing process (prewrite, draft, revise, edit, conference, publish) to create riddle book. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students learn why early explorers took risks and the routes that made them famous. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research European Explorers lives. They create a Word Document, or slide show based on their research. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students research the lives of European explorers and the events which led to the age of exploration. They examine the efforts of Juan Bautista de Anza to explore and colonize California and prepare a class presentation with their findings. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research investigate three early European explorers in Arkansas history. They write an persuasive paragraph to convince classmates that the explorers of choice has had the greatest impact on Arkansas. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify explorers explain the reasons for their exploration. They create a model of early ships. Students produce a sample journal of explorers with historically accurate information. They create a timeline of explorers. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students watch a demonstration on how to create a new database. In pairs, they enter information about European explorers in an easy to read fashion. They save and print their databases to be used in a review game before their test. 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 »
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- 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 »

