Making an astrolabe will help your students learn about history in a fun, hands-on way. Your students (or children, for our homeschooling parents) need to do activities related to the subject that they are working on. Making an astrolabe will get your students engaged and will help them remember the lesson you teach about European Explorers.
Make explorers come to life with this FUN project!
Learning about explorers? Here’s a list of activities that would be perfect to add to your explorer curriculum. EXPLORER JOURNAL Every good explorer has a journal, right? Fleece Fun has a great free printable explorer journal, and there are several ways you could use it. Go on your own exploration adventure and write your thoughts […]
This Explorer Activity Bundle contains all of my resources for teaching about European Explorers. Each resource is also available for individual purchase: 1. Explorers Bingo 2.Explorers Scavenger Hunt 3.Explorer Chart 4. Explorer Doodle Notes Bundle 5. Explorers for England, France & Netherlands Mystery Picture Review Activity for Google Sheets 6. Explorers for Spain and Portugal Mystery Picture Reveal Review Activity for Google Sheets 7. Explorers Review Game for PowerPoint ***This bundle is included in the following larger bundles:*** * Age of Discovery through Modern Times Bundle (World History) * World History Mega Bundle * U.S. History to 1877 Bundle * U.S. History Mega Bundle: Exploration to Present The file contains PDF and PowerPoint files. This download contains files that may be printed and copied or used digitally. Use whichever version fit best with your class. The other version remain yours in case you ever need to use them (in case your school makes the jump to 1:1 classes sometime in the future or if you have a student whose IEP requires a hard copy of assignments instead of digital ones). You may put the materials in this file on a LMS for STUDENT USE that RESTRICTS access like Google Drive, Google Classroom, OneDrive, Edmodo, Blackboard, etc. where students are either invited via an email address or log in with a user name and password. IT MAY NOT BE UPLOADED TO A CLASS WEBSITE UNLESS THE SITE IS RESTRICTED TO STUDENTS WITH A LOGIN AND PASSWORD AND IT MAY NOT BE USED IN A COURSE ON OUTSCHOOL OR ANY SIMILAR PLATFORMS/MARKETPLACES. Questions? Email me at [email protected]. **************************************************************** You may also like: More Resources for Early American History Doodle Notes and Coloring Pages Historical Simulations More Historical People Scavenger Hunts ********************************************************************* Customer Tips: Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more of them for you. If you have any concerns or if any of my resources are not what you expected, please contact me first before leaving feedback so I can have a chance to fix it for you! You can email me at [email protected]. How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. Like this product? • Click on the Pin it button and pin it to one of your boards! ********************************************************************* Connect with Me Follow my Blog Follow me on Facebook Follow me on Pinterest Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Twitter Click HERE if you'd like to get freebies from me sent to your inbox.
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We use a world explorers game for two players to learn about world explorers and the ways they were similar and different in their quests.
Look for ideas for the Age of Exploration? Then you need to read this post with over 30 ideas for the age of Exploration.
My kids are always going on “explorations” around the house. And during the winter, is the perfect time to channel that built-up energy into some fun learning activities. So I have gathered some fun Explorer related printables, books and activities. Use these as part of a larger Explorer unit or study the Explorers individually. Either...
Making an astrolabe will help your students learn about history in a fun, hands-on way. Your students (or children, for our homeschooling parents) need to do activities related to the subject that they are working on. Making an astrolabe will get your students engaged and will help them remember the lesson you teach about European Explorers.
Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!
Free Columbian Exchange food project and lesson plan for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Perfect for your Age of Exploration unit.
Age of Exploration: Here are a few activities we have been doing in our Explorer unit recently ... I start off this unit with a GREAT lesson from the SS series History Alive. They have you put on underwater music and have the kids pretend to be archaeologists scuba diving and discovering an old "Explorer" wreck. They retrieve these artifacts, log them, and discover what they tell us about the Explorers. We then categorize them like you see above. They kids really get into this lesson! At the beginning of the unit I also have the students partner up and share their "explorer schema" with each other. Then we share as a class and discuss together what we think we already know. My favorite spot in my classroom is my history corner. I get antsy throughout the school year and I love that this little area is constantly changing. Plus, I love how interactive it is - I try and always have "artifacts" that the kids can touch, books that relate to the topic, maps/pictures, clothing/costumes, and as we go, I add their artwork to make it authentic :) We are not technically supposed to hang any thing from our ceilings due to fire codes ... but no one has talked to me yet and this makes our room feel so much more "explorer ship-like" ;) Compasses the kids made This is another FUN activity. We learn about how the explorers brought back lots of new tastes from the "New World" Before I have them identify what these "tastes" are we do a "New World Smelling" activity. I have the different food items pre-cut and labeled in numbered dixie cups (take a little prep time the night before) Then the kids get a sheet to record their "smells" and their guesses. I actually made 2 sets so that the kids could all be doing it at the same time - I only had 12 items "New World" Tastes: Potato tomoto bell peppers tobacco - obviously not in the cups! *lol* vanilla chocolate pineapple blueberries kidney beans sunflower seeds pumpkin (not in the cups - out of season) corn peanut butter chili peppers In pairs, I have the students read a biography about an explorer. Using this information they have to fill out an "explorer ship" together answering what the their explorers greatest achievement was, his motives for exploration, two facts they found interesting, and their discovery. I added these to our map - aren't they cute? We filled in a map that had famous expedition routes on it We used our knowledge of explorer styles ships and drew them to go with our explorer newspaper article we will be writing to go with our informational writing this week. For more of my posts on Exploration, visit HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. For more fun Explorer lessons by other people, visit the link below!
Making an astrolabe will help your students learn about history in a fun, hands-on way. Your students (or children, for our homeschooling parents) need to do activities related to the subject that they are working on. Making an astrolabe will get your students engaged and will help them remember the lesson you teach about European Explorers.
Age of Exploration printable timeline of important dates from Henry the Navigator to Henry Hudson. Place on your timeline in your notebook or on your wall.
Engaging Age of Exploration Unit with 10 lesson plans for 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Every lesson, worksheet, and activity is planned.
We have moved on from the War of the Roses to Columbus and the discovery of the Americas. I did this drawing tonight, so it will be a surprise for Anna in the morning when we start reading Columbus by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire. It's such a beautiful book, as are all of the D'Aulaire books. Eventually I will own the all of them. Unfortunately they are expensive and I can't find them used, so it is a slow accumulation. This drawing was a little bit more challenging than the last. Circles are hard to draw freehand; as you can see, mine aren't exactly perfect spheres. My continents aren't exactly perfect either. South America looks pretty good, but North America looks a little wonky. The general idea is there though. What's perfection, anyways?
Have you ever sat in a boring Social Studies class? Thinking about the monotone voice of one of my Social Studies teachers makes me cringe even to this day! Needless to say, it was not my favorite subject and I never did well. When I became a teacher many moons ago, I was determined to make Social Studies interesting! In this post, you will find how I teach the beginning of a Colonial Unit. I like to mix it up with videos, projects, and food! Columbian Exchange: 1. Video: A great 10 minute explanation that keeps your students focused! 1492 Columbian Exchange Part 5 2. Informational Text: I wrote my own informational text, but to keep this post without expense, I found some great websites for text information! This site has information with a map, along with effects and impacts of the Columbian Exchange. Columbian Exchange Website 3. Group Research: Assign each group one of the following: Plants, Animals, Diseases. Have them research where they originated- Old World or New World. They can make a T-chart on with their findings to share with the whole group. Click Here for 3 Free T-Charts. 4. Favorite Food Writing Project: Think about your favorite food. Write down the ingredients of your favorite food and then determine whether or not it originated from the Old World or New World. More than likely some of the ingredients came from the Old World and some from the New World! If you lived in the Old World but one of the ingredients in your favorite food was from the New World, would it taste the same? Choose the Old World or the New World. Write about your findings and tell how it would taste without the ingredients from the other world! 5. Model the Columbian Exchange: Have each student create a picture of an item from the Columbian Exchange. To make sure they don't draw the same picture, I make a list of items and students pick them out of a cup. Then create spaces in the classroom for The Old World and The New World. Have students take their illustration to the the correct designated area. Then have students move from that area to the other area to model the exchange. European Settlements in North America 1. Spain in the New World: Informational Website: Spanish in America Spain was the first European country to use Native Americans as slaves. Some of the slaves were forced to work for long, strenuous days on the plantations where they tended to crops. Spain’s government traded the crops for economic growth. The main cash crops were sugarcane, tobacco, coffee, cocoa, and cotton. Native Americans were also sent to mine for gold where they often encountered harsh working conditions. Many natives died from these poor working conditions as well as hunger. ~section of text from Rockin Resources Writing Activity: Pretend you are a Native American. Write a letter to the Spanish viceroy persuading him to free you from the missionary, plantation, or gold mine. 2. France in the New World: Informational Website: French in America France was sending explorers over to the New World to claim land and establish fur trade. Robert LaSalle was a famous explorer who established fur trade routes up and down the Mississippi. At first, the King wasn’t pleased with LaSalle’s findings, but quickly changed his mind when he realized LaSalle had the only fur trading waters that weren’t freezing over! LaSalle paved the way for France to send other explorers and settlers to the area. They were settling in the middle of U.S. which became the Louisiana Territory. France attempted to develop plantations in these territories. Sadly, the land was not fertile enough to keep an abundance of crops growing. Fur trade continued to be their ticket to wealth in the New World! ~section of text from Rockin Resources Cause and Effect: Create cause and effect questions to go along with the text. Examples: 3. England in the New World: Informational Website: British in America England’s political and religious rights were different than the other countries settling in the Americas. They were allowed to set up their own governments and laws. They would hold meetings, elect representatives, and tax themselves. England allowed this self-government as long as they didn’t take up arms against the Crown. They were also permitted to practice their own religion. They did not have to abide by the Church of England. ~section of text from Rockin Resources Foldable: Divide paper into 4 sections. Write the following in each square: Resources, Religion, Government, Native Americans. Have students take notes in each square. Draw an illustration in each. Cookies: Students will never complain having food with their study! Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup shortening (margarine) 1 egg 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg For HOBNOB COOKIES, add 1 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp cup raisins. For APPLEJACKS, add 1 cup chopped unpeeled apples. Cream together sugar and shortening. Add egg (and vanilla if you are making Hobnobs). Beat well. Mix dry ingredients together in another bowl. Add slowly to sugar mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisins or apples. Grease cookie sheet. Form into small balls, or drop in the shape of balls on the greased sheet, 3 inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Taken from www.kidactivities.net 4. Map Activity: Get a map of North America. Have students color in the 3 territories (Spain, France, England) and provide a map key. 5. Triple Venn Diagram: Have students create a Venn Diagram like the one below! Then have students answer the following question: If you had a choice, which country's settlement would you prefer to live in? 6. Timeline Project: Choose three dates from each of the European Settlements (9 total) and write a description for each one. I require my students to include a picture for each date. They do this by saving a picture for each date onto their computers. I like them to create a timeline using TIMETOAST. It is an awesome site where they can put their timeline information together! You can find these activities and more in the product below. It also includes 13 Colonies and Triangular Trade Routes. Colonial crafts, games and other activities are included. If interested, click here! Thank you for visiting our blog!!! Do you have a favorite activity for Columbian Exchange or European Settlements? I would love for you to share below! Connect With Me! TPT Store Facebook Pinterest My Blog
