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Explorers: Then and Now Lesson Plan

Explorers: Then and Now Lesson Plan

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Explorers: Then and Now

Fifth graders examine and research reasons for exploration, hazards encountered by explorers, and famous explorers. They conduct Internet research, bookmark sites, copy pictures and paste them into a word document, and print them for a research paper.

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Research, the internet, explorers, the age of exploration

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explorers, internet research

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Grade

5th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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Duration

21 days

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