Research Sites

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/

http://www.famous-explorers.com/european-explorers/

http://mrnussbaum.com/explorersflash/

http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/natives2.htm

http://www.education.com/study-help/article/us-history-settlement-colonization-native-americans-europeans/

     https://sites.google.com/site/pushandpullfactorstheworld/home/1500s/conquistadors-in-the-americas

    http://www.cove.k12.or.us/sites/cove.k12.or.us/files/File/teachers/gorhamj/World_History/Chapter3_01.pdf

Spanish Explorer - Juan Ponce de Leon

http://www.fragrancex.com/fragrance-information/ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth.html

         http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm 

         http://www.grandcanyontourist.com/articles/Explorers-of-the-Southwest-                 

                     Francisco-Vasquez-de-Coronado.html 

http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/drake.htm

http://legends.dm.net/pirates/drake.html

http://www.mariner.org/age/columbus.html

http://muweb.millersville.edu/%

http://www1.minn.net/%7Ekeithp/

Treatment of Native People by Columbus:

http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/columbus-controversy

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/dagama.shtml

http://allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/dagama/

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/vasco_da_gama.php

Portuguese Explorer - Ferdinand Magellan

http://www.mariner.org/age/magellan.html

Italian Explorer - Amerigo Vespucci

English Explorer - Henry Hudson

http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/

Viking Explorer - Leif Eriksson

http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif.htm

French Explorer - Jacques Cartier

http://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-cartier-1534-1542/

French Explorer - Samuel de Champlain

http://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/samuel-de-champlain-1604-1616/

Spanish Explorer/ Conquistador- Hernando de Soto

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/desoto.shtml

        http://www.floridahistory.com/inset33.html

Spanish Explorer/Conquistador - Hernan Cortes

Spanish Explorer/Conquistador - Francisco Pizarro

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/francisco_pizarro.php

Multiple Explorers information 

link.

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Explorers.html

Just because this is done on the computer doesn't mean that your team should 

be limited to using the Internet for resources.  Think of other books or 

resources that you can use to find research on your explorer.  A good place 

to start is by talking to your teacher or the librarian in your school.