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Explorers – Teacher Resources

Utilize these printables, lessons, and activities to teach your students about the many explorers who have contributed to society. From voyages across the Atlantic to missions in space, these diverse figures transcended social and physical boundaries and changed how we view our world. You'll find plenty of resources for Columbus Day in October and everything you need to integrate this cross-curricular topic into classes on math, language arts, science, history, geography, or art.
Printables
Native American Indian Crafts
Pilgrims Meet the New World
Set Design
October Daze
All About Early Explorers
Columbus Day Printable Book (2-5)
Columbus's First Voyage to the New World
More Popular Explorers Printables
Lesson Plans
Chart Columbus's Voyages
Map Making, Floor Plans & Map Reading
Exploring Explorers
Modified Orienteering
The Ancient Mayan City of Tikal
More Explorer Lesson Plans
Quizzes
Famous Explorers Quiz
Explorers Quiz
Early America Quiz
Explorer Biographies
Just Where Was Columbus?
Columbus Sails the Ocean Blue
Ferdinand Magellan
Explorer Research Project
Learn About Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
James Cook
William Bradford Biography
Reading Warm-Up 17 for Gr. 3 & 4: Biography
Three African-Americans in the Far West
Thor Heyerdahl Biography
Matthew Henson, Explorer
Peary, Henson, and the North Pole
Reading Warm-Up 20 for Gr. 3 & 4: Biography
Reading Warm-Up 19 for Gr. 3 & 4: Biography
Reading Warm-Up 22 for Gr. 5 & 6: Biography
Language Arts Activities
Pedro's Journal Literature Guide
The Tempest
The Story of Columbus Day
Columbus Word Search
Sacagawea
Daily Journal Topics: Exceptional Explorers
Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day
My Explorer Report About...
Exploring Explorers Vocabulary
Myths About Explorers
Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Maps and Mapping Teacher's Guide
Mount Everest Timeline
The Ancient Mayan City of Tikal Vocabulary
Reading Warm-Up 44 for Gr. 5 & 6: American History
Reading Warm-Up 45 for Gr. 5 & 6: American History
Reading Warm-Up 42 for Gr. 5 & 6: American History
Geography Activities
Christopher Columbus Facts
Christopher Columbus' Journey
Columbus's Voyages
Columbus's Discovery Maze
Columbus Day Activities
Explorers' Routes
Columbus Wasn't First
More Geography Activities
Art Activities
Explorer's Ship
Cork Ship Mobile
Math Activities
Columbus Day - Four Voyages
Columbus's Magic Sail
Get Ready to Sail
Space Exploration Resources
A Day in Space Sub Kit - Grades 5-6
Dr. Mae Jemison
Design Your Own Space Suit
Weightlessness and Gravity
Sedna Debuts, Rattling Poor Pluto
Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Solar System Teacher's Guide
First Dog in Space
More Popular Space Exploration Resources
Columbus Day Resources
The Discovery of America
Explorations and Explorers
Favorite Columbus Day Activities Slideshow
Columbus Discovers a New World
Columbus Day
Grant for Christopher Columbus, 1492
Columbus Word Fill-In
More Columbus Day Teacher Resources

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November Calendar of Events

Use our Educators' Calendar to find activities and printables for every day in November, including Veterans Day (Nov. 11), Geography Awareness Week (Nov. 15–21), and Thanksgiving (Nov. 26). Plus celebrate American Indian Heritage Month and Aviation History Month all November long!

Continuity of Learning

Is the flu causing you or your students to miss class? Pearson introduces www.PearsonContinuity.com to help keep the doors of learning open. This new website offers print and online resources for students, parents, and teachers to continue education if the H1N1 virus or another crisis keeps children from attending school.

"Green" Lessons & Activities

November 15 is America Recycles Day. Celebrate by utilizing our environmentally focused resources, which include product consumption information, facts about pollution, global warming statistics, and of course, recycling tips!

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