Exploration
of the New World
- All
About Explorers
http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/index.html- Read About This Site - The site is intended to teach students to evaluate accurate infomation on the interent and learn to access subscription databases such as World Book Online or SIRS Discoverer
- Explorers
from A to Z
Do not use these links for research of explorers- For Teachers
- Lessons - Internet Treasure Hunts
- Materials - Word and pdf files
- Zoom
Explorers
http://www.zoomschool.com/explorers/1700.shtml - Pathfinders
and Passageways
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/index-e.html - Passageways:
True Tales of Adventure for Young Explorers
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/kids/index-e.html- Resources for Teachers
- Explorers Index
- First Natins and Inuit
- Vikings
- Cabot
- Jacques Cartier
- Frobisher
- Davis
- Henry Hudson
- The
Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/
Brief account of travels of explorers through time. Timeline of adventures is included-
Teacher'
Guide of Geography activities
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/activities.php
Create a compass, an astrolabe, a quadrant. Identify navigational instruments, parts of a ship, and more...
-
Teacher'
Guide of Geography activities
- Explorer
Project- WebQuest
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/pershing/explorers/index.htm
Lesson plan with links for students to make a research pop-up book.
- Memorable
Canadians - Explorers
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/8/2/r2-204-e.html#Exploration
An excellent collection of explorers of Canada.
-
Explorers from France
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html
Jacques Cartier (Navigator-Explorer); Étienne Brűlé (Interpreter and Explorer);
Samuel de Champlain (Geographer and Builder of a Colony); Jean Nicollet (The Peacemaking Explorer); Jean de Quen (The Missionary Explorer); Louis Jolliet (Professional Explorer); Cavelier de La Salle (Intrepid Explorer); Charles Albanel (Missionary Voyageur); La Vérendrye (Explorer of the West); Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (The El Cid of Canada)
- Great
Canadian Explorers
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/multimedia/explorers/ - Discoverers
Web
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html
Listing of many links to explorers.
- The
Vikings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/index.shtml- Viking Invasion- Who were the Vikings?
- Viking Life
- Viking Beliefs
- Travel Trade and Exploration
- What happrened to the Vikings?
- Timeline
- Activities
- Teacher
Resources- Lesson Plans with Printable
Worksheets
- Vikings:
The North Atlantic Saga
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
Use the menu across the top to access:- Guided Tour
- Learning Center- Teacher's Guide, Web links
- Family Guide Printable activities 16 page PDF
- Hnefatafl
Board Game
- Viking
Explorers
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/viking_disc.php
A text-based account of the early Viking explorers with internet links.
- The
Norse in Labrador and Newfoundland
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html
-
The Norse In "Vineland"
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/24/h24-1201-e.html
- Vikings
in the New World
http://members.aol.com/bakken1/viking/oview.htm
A text-based account of settlement of Newfoundland.
- Samuel
de Champlain
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm
- Samuel
de Champlain
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html
- A
Short Biography of Champlain
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/expos/champlain/bio_eng.html
- Samuel
de Champlain: Explorer
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/explorers/h24-1410-e.html - Samuel
de Champlain
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03567a.htm
- Living
in Canada in the time of Champlain
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/expos/champlain/indexeng.htm
Includes information about: commerce, exploring, farming, building, daily life, warfare and the last voyage.
- Samuel
de Champlain
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/naal5/explore/champlain.htm
Biography and questions for students to explore.
- Jacques
Cartier: New Land for the French King
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/explorers/h24-1330-e.html
- Henry
Hudson's Daring Exploits
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/explorers/h24-1440-e.html
- The
Life and Voyages of Henry Hudson English Explorer & Navigator
http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/
- John
Davis: The Master Navigator
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/explorers/h24-1350-e.html
- Sir
John Franklin
http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/frank.htm
- Martin
Frobisher: The Priate-Explorer
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/explorers/h24-1340-e.html
- Empire
of the Bay
http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/profile_splash.html
Who were the Pathfinders? A look into the lives of the explorers and businessmen central to the Hudson's Bay Company.
Martin Frobisher, Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson, Samuel de Champlain, Radisson and Groseilliers, Charles II, Alexander Mackenzie, George Simpson, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Louis Riel.
Try the quiz - link at the bottom of the page. - Vitus
Bering
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=80895
- John
Cabot
http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/cabot.php
- John
and Sebastian Cabot
http://www.mariner.org/age/cabot.html
- John
and Sebastian Cabot
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03126d.htm
- Lewis
& Clark: The Maps of Exploration
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/planning3.html
Information of early exploration of Vancouver and Mackenzie and the early mapping of the western ocean.
- The
Fur Trade and the Hudson's Bay Company
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/intro_e.html
The history of the fur trade, the personalities, stories, a timeline, and links to primary sources.
- Robert
Scott
http://www.south-pole.com/p0000089.htm
- The
Atlas of Canada: Exploration in Canada
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical
Maps with exploration routes.
Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Wednesday January 16, 2008 11:45 PM