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- 1st - 2nd
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Students perform a play about the early explorers to America. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students study early exploration and the settlement of Florida and the American Southwest. They assemble and exploration notebook and a Power Point presentation. They creat exploration timelines and routes. 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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- 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 »
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- 5th
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Students complete a unit on early explorers. They develop a timeline, sing a Viking song, watch a video, compile a checklist of supplies needed for an expedition, participate in a scavenger hunt, write a letter from Christopher Columbus, and create a brochure. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the Midwest, its early explorers and Native American tribes. They use a map of the Midwest area and plot where different tribes lived. They write a journal as if they were a pioneer traveling through or settling in the Midwest during that time period. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover why explorers left their homes to explore and how they played an important part in the discovery of the New World. Students create PowerPoint presentations of a specific explorer's journey and discoveries and the reasons for his trip. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine a timeline of early American exploreers from England, Spain, and France. They trace exploration routes on maps and write reports about early explorers. Students view a laser disc presentation, Land of Opportunity" and discuss why there was so much competition to claim parts of the New World. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research the early explorers of America. They create a report about the explorer's travels and accomplishments. Students write an eight line poem about their chosen explorer and present it to the class. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students list and describe the different ways space is explored and compare early exploration to today's way of space exploration. They hypothesize the way space may be explored in the future as well as identify the physical characteristics of the Earth. Full Review »
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