Unit 2-European Exploration

European Exploration

Early Interactions between Europeans and Native Americans

The Age of Exploration

Information regarding the Age of Exploration.

ArtsEdge Kennedy Center:Explorer's Experience

Students will have the opportunity to learn about world explorers by researching facts and information relating to the routes traveled. Each student will be assigned a famous explorer to research and then share with the class what they have learned. They will learn and discuss what motivates people to want to discover and explore new places. Ultimately the students will learn how to create a papier-mâché relief map that represents the route traveled by each world explorer. A PDF of the lesson can be found here.

The Age of Exploration Student Reader

A nonfiction book all about the Age of Exploration!

The Columbian Exchange

History by Ms. Smith.

Mr. Bett's Class

Love him or hate him, Columbus is a great place to start our Fall Semester of American History.

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Work through the slides to complete the lessons.