Fifth Grade

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First Quarter

NATIVE AMERICANS

EXPLORERS

EXPLORATION LESSON

Vikings and Native Americans - Smithsonian Lesson

Explorer Resources

Part One | Part Two

Part One - Sites with many explorers

Explorers of the Americas - Explorers from A to Z:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/america.shtml

Discoverers Website- Explorers from A to Z:

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html

Meet the Explorers - Megasite from Topfield Schools:

http://www.topsfieldschools.org/meet_the_explorers.htm

Explorers of the World from Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA:

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

New Perspectives on the West - Biographical Info from PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/

Additional Resources:

Famous Explorer Website - Reports by Grade 6 students:

http://www.spp.k12.nf.ca/explorer/index.html

Grolier Multimedia & New Book of Knowledge Online:

http://www.go.grolier.com

Encarta Online:

http://www.encarta.msn.com/
http://www.spp.k12.nf.ca/explorer/index.html

Part Two - Individual Explorers

Last name or search word is underlined.

Lope de Aguirre:

http://famousamericans.net/lopedeaguirre/

http://www.coloquio.com/famosos/aguirre.html

William Baffin:

http://famousamericans.net/williambaffin/

http://www.kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/people/A0805728.html

Vasco Nunez de Balboa:

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Americas/Balboa.html

Etienne Brule:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/br/Brule-Et.html

http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/brule_e2.html#top

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca:

http://famousamericans.net/alvarnufiezcabezadeyaca/

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Cabezade.html

Included in info about Navarez: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fna22.html

Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot):

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Cabot-Jo.html

Jacques Cartier:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/CartierJ.html

http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/cartier.html

Robert Cavalier, sieur (lord) de La Salle:

http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/lasal_e2.html#top

Samuel de Champlain:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/ChamplaiS.html

http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/champ_e1.html

Christopher Columbus:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/ColumbusC.html

Francesco Vasquez de Coronado:

Included in article on Pueblo Indians: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12554b.htm

Hernando Cortes:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/Cortes-H.html

Vasco Da Gama:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ga/Gama-Vas.html

John Davis:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/da/DavisJohn.html

Hernando De Soto:

http://www.bartleby.com/65/de/DeSoto-H.html

Bartholomeu Dias:

http://famousamericans.net/bartholomewdias/

Sir Francis Drake:

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

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/SirFrancisDrake.html

Martin Fernandez de Enciso:

http://famousamericans.net/martinfernandezdeenciso/

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05412a.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817311.html

Eric the Red:

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817579.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/04191.html

Leif Erickson:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/07343.html

Sir Humphrey Gilbert:

http://famousamericans.net/sirhumphreygilbert/

http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/english1.htm#Gilbert

Sir John Hawkins:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/05710.html

http://famousamericans.net/sirjohnhawkins/

Henry Hudson:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06108.html

Gongalo Jimenez de Quesada:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06647.html

Louis Jolliet:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/06706.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496a.htm

Ferdinand Magellan:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/07854.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm

Jacques Marquette:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/08090.html

http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/marqu_e1.html

Pedro Menendez de Aviles:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/30659.html

Panfilo de Narvaez:

http://famousamericans.net/pfinfilodenarvaez/

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fna22.html

Alonse de Ojeda:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/34459.html

http://famousamericans.net/alonsodeojeda/

Juan de Onate:

http://users.aol.com/maist/onate.htm

http://www.twelve-travelers.com/tt_onate.htm

Prince Henry The Navigator:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/05821.html

http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html

Francisco Pizarro:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10256.html

Juan Ponce de Leon:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10392.html

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12228a.htm

Sir Walter Raleigh:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/10765.html

http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/english1.htm#Raleigh

Juan de Solis:

http://famousamericans.net/juandiazdesolis/

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04777a.htm

Diego de Velazquez:

http://famousamericans.net/diegodevelazquez/

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0850600.html

Giovanni da Verrazano:

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/verrazzano.html

http://famousamericans.net/giovannideverrazano/

http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/learn/timelines/Verrazzano.htm

Amerigo Vespucci:

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/13439.html

Sebastian Vizcaino:

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/vizcaino/vizcaino.htm

http://famousamericans.net/sebastianvizcain0/

Updated 1/24/03. Please report expired links to KT_Tobiason@misd.wednet.edu Top

COLONIZATIONS

Jamestown Colony, Fact vs. Fiction

Collaborative Thematic Unit: Life in Early America

Second Quarter

COLONIES

Thirteen Colonies Map Project

Early American History from an Archeological View via the Internet

Simulated Colonial School

Epitaph

Colonial Challenge

Third Quarter

NEW JERSEY

SEVEN YEARS WAR

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

American Revolution History Guide

Interactive timeline of American Revolutionary Period

You Say you Want a Revolution Webquest - offers loyalist and patriot perpectives

Unit Plans on Revolutionary War

REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIT

Kids Page for Valley Forge

Fun Activities for Battle of Brandywine

Fun with Franklin

GOVERNMENT

Government Action Timelines: Newspaper Activity

Impact of Government on the Individual: Opening Activity

CONSTITUTION

How a Bill Becomes a Law via "I’m Just a Bill"

A Classroom Bill Of Rights

Bill of Rights Mural

Our Constitution at Work

THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

UNIT PLAN CONSTITUTION

Fourth Quarter

WE THE PEOPLE

BILL OF RIGHTS

HEROES

Power Point by Ms. Carol Carattini - Frost School

Associated Links:

http://168.99.7.17/bergerm/criteria.html

http://education.dot.gov/k5/heroes.htm

http://www.myhero.com

http://www.myhero.com/history/index.html

http://cesa8.k12.wius/it/webquests/Heroism/Heroes/index.HTM

http://myhero.com/New_Create/create1_table.asp

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson218.shtml

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WSlp218_2282.shtml

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2287.shtml

http://kids.discivery.com/adv25.html

http://myhero.com/New_Participate/participate_table.asp

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed424190.html

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/hero.htm

http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/0,2967,0,00.html

http://www.imahero.com/teacherspage/lessonplan.htm

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/g5_11.html

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/010305monday.html

http://www.faa.gov/education/resource/hero.htm

http://ePALS.com

http://library.thinkquest.org/C001515/heroism/index/html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/tguidefeb.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/luckykids/myhero.asp

http://142.165.5.27/docs/ela/g5_11.html

http://familyeducation.com/printables/piece/0,2357,12-11642659-1,00.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/w971114b.htm

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/champions/index.html

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/famous/names.html

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/famous/bigunder.html

http://www.obs.org/adventures/Storytime/menu.htm

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/char_ed/stories/biographical.html

http://trackstar.hprtc.org

http://trackstar.hprtec.org:80/main/track_text.php3?track_id=43308&nocachhe=966800280

http://www.dlrn.org

http://www.4tachers.org/home/index.shtml

http://www.heroesofhistory.com

http://www.surfnetkids.com/heroes.htm

http://www.mamamedia.com/activities/gallery_2/heroes/main.html

http://www.rolemodel.net/index.html

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/Tlresources/longterm/LessonPlans/famous

( This particular website has outstanding “famous people” lessons. Included are objectives,

procedures, assessments. It directly connects the lessons through use of scenarios with our

conflict resolution, be a hero, and making the world a better place themes.)