THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

INTRODUCTION

You are about to begin a journey into the past, through the centuries. You will be reading about various explorers that we have studied in class along with completing several activities for each web site. We will be examining many explorers who have arrived on the shores of the Americas and their impact on our lives today in the 21^st century.

You will be using many resources to build your “ship” of knowledge. Remember, we are investigating why these explorers are still important to our lives today. You will be using web pages to visit and gather information. Everyone will be sharing information with the class at the conclusion of this unit.

Here are the topics and explorers we will be covering:

1. Vikings –

a. Eric the Red

b. Leif Ericsson 1

c. Leif Ericsson 2

2. Portuguese-

a. Prince Henry the Navigator

b. Dias

c. DaGama

d. DaGama 2

3. Spanish -

a. Columbus

b. Cortez

c. Pizarro

4. French –

a. Cartier

b. Champlain

c. Marquette and Joliet

d. LaSalle

5. Dutch –

a. Henry Hudson

6. English –

a. Cabot

b. Henry Hudson

You will need to use these website links to fill in your notes pages and then to do the given assignments. When you have completed the assignments, you can work on some puzzles and games.

Puzzles and Games (for students)

Vikings

Portuguese and Spanish Explorers

English Explorers

Explorers of North America

French & Dutch Explorers

Teacher Resources – Here are note-taking sheets to be used with the websites as well as printable worksheets to be used on each of the explorers. Also included in this area are printable puzzles for teachers to use

Viking notes

Viking assignment

Prince Henry notes

Prince Henry assignment