Seventh graders are introduced to geographic thinking, setting the stage for the creation of a map showing distance, direction, location and symbols from their residences to school.

Students . In this organization lesson, students have a general discussion about sports cards and make a chart to answer the questions. Students read the baseball card story from USA Today. Students watch a web video about sports in New...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart resource provides a framework in which students can explore and research some of Australia's early explorers.

During this project-based instructional activity, students will become detectives looking for information about early American explorers. Students will have the opportunity to navigate the Internet to locate important facts about these...

This site provides information on mapmaking and cartograohy of the early explorers. Includes pictures of maps.

The earliest explorers did not have computers or satellites to help them know their exact location. The most accurate tool developed was the sextant to determine latitude and longitude. In this activity, the sextant is introduced and...

Biographical information about Jean Ribault, the French naval officer and navigator who established colonies in what was to become South Carolina and Florida.

Explores the early life of Christopher Columbus and how he discovered America.

Although Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1578) was not involved directly in the Roanoke voyages, both he and members of his family such as his half-brother Sir Walter Ralegh participated in the colonization of Virginia.