European explorers

Winter is great time for kids to learn about different explorers. Use these {free} printables, books and activities to create a fun-filled Explorers unit and head off on your own explorations around the house! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com

Make explorers come to life with this FUN project!

Our Explorer unit is in full swing now and things are moving along quite nicely. After a brief oral retelling by me about how the world was, for all intents and purposes, two separate entities, since the oceans kept the two major hemispheres apart, we launched into a reading about the various reasons why the early European explorers decided to explore in the first place. Now, each year I do this with the students and, in the past, I had the students create a little flipbook of those reasons…

Age of Exploration printable timeline of important dates from Henry the Navigator to Henry Hudson. Place on your timeline in your notebook or on your wall.

This art project is fun to do during your European Exploration unit and looks great for Open House. Read the full blog post for easy directions.

Teaching the most notable European Explorers? Grab a set of these posters that summarize the achievements of well-known explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, John Cabot, and many others to display and refer to throughout your unit. Feature realistic clipart and available in half-sheet size as well as full paper size.

Upper elementary classroom tips and ideas with a focus on classroom management, student engagement, & cooperative learning.

Learn about famous explorers for kids with these free printable European explorers worksheets to read, color, learn, and create a reader. Learn about thirteen different explorers for children who traveled around the world in ships, in search for new and distant lands. Use this free printable as part of a history, explorer or Old and New World study filled with facts about explorers for first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.

Hello blog land! I hope you have all had a fabulous Cyber Monday and Tuesday Sale! I picked up an awesome South Carolina Explorers Trading Cards file from Carrie Whitlock which you can purchase by clicking on the image below! I am so in love with this idea and we are just finishing this unit so I emailed her and asked if I could create an editable and printable template to post on my blog and she was so kind and generous to say yes! I recommend purchasing her file because it has an example…

Every day, we bring you the most beautiful travel photo posted to Instagram. Today's picture comes from Nicolee Drake. The prehistoric city of Petra in