Northwestern Middle School 6th Grade TAG Language Arts Research Project  Animated Voyage Map Click to enlarge Web Resources Below are a number of web sites that may be helpful in collecting information about an explorer. It is very important that students know what plagiarism is and that they synthesize the information in their own words and avoid copying another person's work. General Links  The Age of Exploration from the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Includes biographies of explorers and associated people.  Empire of the Bay from the PBS series. Includes Hudson, Champlain, Cartier, and others.  Florida of the Conquistador facts about Ponce deLeon, Panfilo de Narvaez, Hernando deSoto, and Tristan deLuna.  PBS: Conquistadors - learn all about Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana, and Cabeza De Vaca- four men who helped explore the new world.  Enchanted Learning Explorers  Hall of Explorers from the Virtual History Museum  Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons - follow in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorers on this cool ThinkQuest site. You can even learn about early explorers and the navigational systems they used.  Nova Vikings - Information about the Vikings, includes film clips and interactive activities. Provides background/context for the viking explorers  Discoverer's Web by a Netherlands University faculty member. Contains links to additional resources. Search Engines   Online Database
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