Guess the Explorer

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Guess the Explorer

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In this lesson, students will review early European explorers in the Americas, their motivations, and their accomplishments. Students will describe in detail four explorers to create a riddle book, while their classmates try to figure out the explorers described.

Education Levels:

Subject:

History

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Commonwealth of Knowledge

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Keywords:

North America, South America, European explorers, Exploration, Riddles

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Commonwealth of Knowledge

Contributor:

Heidi Martin

Is Part Of:

http://www.knowledge.state.va.us/cgi-bin/lesview.cgi?curriculum_abb=HSS

Language:

English

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P21 Subject:

History

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

History and Social Science Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools (2001)

Introduction to History and Social Science

The standards for third grade students include an introduction to the heritage and contributions of the people of ancient Greece and Rome and the West African empire of Mali. Students should continue developing map skills and demonstrate an understanding of basic economic concepts. Students will explain the importance of the basic principles of democracy and identify the contributions of selected individuals. Students will recognize that Americans are a people who have diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions, who all contribute to American life, and who are united as Americans by common principles.

Geography

3.5 The student will develop map skills by
a) positioning and labeling the seven continents and four oceans to create a world map;
b) using the equator and prime meridian to identify the four hemispheres;
c) locating the countries of Spain, England, and France;
d) locating the regions in the Americas explored by Christopher Columbus (San Salvador in the Bahamas), Juan Ponce de Leon (near St. Augustine, Florida), Jacques Cartier (near Quebec, Canada), and Christopher Newport (Jamestown, Virginia);
e) locating specific places on a simple letter-number grid system.

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