Curated OER
The Tudors: Tudor Exploration
If you've just covered the Tudor kings and queens, you'll love this presentation describing Tudor exploration. It covers the Tudor navy, ships, explorers, and reasons for exploration. The slide show also includes rich images,...
EngageNY
Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 6
Wrap up your literary analysis unit with a discussion activity as tenth graders prepare for an end-of-unit assessment. After they have read and annotated Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepard to His Love," Sir Walter Raleigh's...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 5
If you've ever wished you could respond to an author's message, an instructional activity that connects three poems with the same concept will appeal to you. Based on the first few lessons' focus on Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 7
Can three works of literature work together to establish and develop a common central idea? Put your thoughts into writing with a final assessment focused on a unit-long analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepard to His...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 3
Poets write love letters, but how often do the objects of their love write back? Compare Christopher Marlowe's "A Passionate Shepard to His Love" to Sir Walter Raleigh's response, "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," with an engaging...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 1
Can authors speak to each other across works, genres, and centuries? Study the conversation between Christopher Marlowe in his poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and the responses by Sir Walter Raleigh and William Carlos Williams...
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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 4
Guide high schoolers through the most successful and efficient ways to address a text with a literary analysis instructional activity. As learners find examples of alliteration in Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepard to His...
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American Civilization/Geography
First graders listen to comprehend and to obtain new information regarding Virginia Dare, Sir Walter Raleigh and the Lost Colony. They construct a booklet of facts to recall the lesson.
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Roanoke
In this Roanoke Colony worksheet, students use clues to solve a crossword puzzle that focuses on Roanoke, the first English Colony in Virginia.
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Discoverers and Explorers
In this discoverers and explorers worksheet, students read short paragraphs about Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh.
NOAA
Ocean Exploration
Sea explorers and scientists have found that because of temperatures being two to three degrees Celsius at the bottom of the ocean, most animals are lethargic in order to conserve energy. In this web quest, pairs of learners read about...
Weebly
Infographic Project
This multi-faceted, progressive project includes an array of activities for analyzing and evaluating a theme of American history. Learners begin by constructing a timeline of events in United States history using Google docs, create a...
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The Renaissance Person: composing an Extended Definition Essay
Learners recognize the characteristics of an extended definition. In this Renaissance person lesson, students read a collection of short stories. Learners research the definitions of Renaissance and Renaissance person. ...
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The Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration provides a way for students to learn about various topics relating to geography, history, and science.
Curated OER
Roanoke- Reading Selection and Questions
In this Roanoke reading and questions instructional activity, students read a two page selection about the colony of Roanoke. They answer 3 multiple choice questions, 5 fill in the blank questions, and 2 true or false questions based on...
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North Carolina
In this North Carolina worksheet, students read about the early history of North Carolina and answer true and false questions about it. Students answer 10 true and false questions.
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Miniature Portraits
Fifth graders are developing their computer skills as they create self portraits. They decorate and develop their own picture to later be made into pins, or necklaces. Students also develop a feel for using a camera.
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Researching America's History
By delving into the lives of Americans, both famous and not so famous, students can learn about history.
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Early North Carolina Exploration (warm-up activity)
Eighth graders focus on the European perspective of exploration and findings along the North Carolina coast.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Walter Raleigh/guiana
Fordham University offers Sir Walter Raleigh's text entitled "The Discovery of Guiana." It is very specific and descriptive.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Sir Walter Raleigh
Selected poetry of Sir Walter Ralegh (ca. 1552-1618). Links to text of "As You Came from the Holy Land," "The Nymph's Reply," "The Passionate Man's Pilgrimage," and "Prais'd be Diana's Fair and Harmless Light."
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Virginia History Series
Roanoke Voyages and Sir Walter Raleigh's "Virginia" (1584 1603) [Pdf]
A slideshow explaining the history of Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to the New World, beginning with a 1578 voyage with his half-brother on a search for the Northwest Passage, followed by several expeditions to try to establish a...
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Amy Rudersdorf: Sir Walter Raleigh: An English Renaissance Man
Sir Walter Raleigh (Ralegh) is featured in this biography. Raleigh, born in the South of England in 1552, worked ceaselessly for the Queen launching expeditions to the New World in an effort to expand England's territory.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Sir Walter Raleigh
This site provides links to information on the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh and the text of many of his works. His interesting biography comes from an Encyclopedia Britannica article dated 1910.