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Educational Resources on Explorers

Below you will find lessons plans, webquests, and teaching resources on the Explorers. We have divided those resources between the ones we provide and others we have identified on the web. If you have lesson plans or resources you would like to share, please e-mail me at marc@multied.com

HistoryCentral's Resources	Other Resources on the Web
General Explorers
Introduction to teaching the Explorers	Explorer's Report- A rubric for giving an outline for writing a report and marking a rubric
Balboa
	A webquest on Balboa
John Cabot
	John Cabot from Commonwealth of Knowledge- A "This is your Life" presentaton on John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain
	Standard on Samuel de Champlain: Then and Now A plan using primary documents to determine the truth about Champlain
Cortes
The Massacre of the Temple- Two Differing Accounts	Aztec, the Mighty Warriors of Mexico from the National Endowment of the Humanties
	Cortes and the Aztec from PBS
	The Odyssey- Mexico Lessons- A virtual trip to the land of the Aztec
	Cortes in Tenochtitlan- A background sheet with Cortes' description of the city. Includes guided questions
Christopher Columbus
Different Perspectives on Columbus	The round Earth and Christopher Columbus: A Teachers guide for science
	Christopher's Crossing A Game for 3-5 grades
	Word Search - Kids-Middle School - Advanced
	Other Worlds A High School lesson Plan on the World that Columbus came from
	Should We Celebrate Columbus Day?- Education World
	The Columbian Exchange- Making Connections

Henry Hudson
	Henry Hudson: A webquest from scholastic
	Adventures in Time and Place on Hudson from Macmillan

Magellan
	Ferdinand Magellan: A Man of His Time
Pizarro
	Pizarro and the Incas "What IFs?" of History Six lesson Plans from PBS- PDF
	The Incas- A series of Lessons from MrDonn.org
	Inca Expansionism from Educator's Reference Desk
	Incas- From National Geographic- Geographic Standards for your classroom