Description: This is an interactive guide to some of the most fascinating discoveries, legends, myths, and accomplishments of the Age of Exploration. Simply click to learn. There is a companion scavenger hunt for these pages.

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the Legends and Myths of the Age of Exploration Interactive Tour.

Description: In this creative writing and history activity, students design their own Age of Exploration “sailor menu,” choosing historically accurate foods like hardtack and salt beef plus setting prices and descriptions. An alliteration helper encourages them to craft playful, descriptive entree names (like “Rancid Rats” or “Salty Sawdust Stew”) while they customize fonts, colors, and cover icons. When finished, they can print a full menu with a bold cover and optional customer reviews page that showcase both their content knowledge and language skills.

Description: This Silk Road interactive map allows students to explore the ancient caravan route by clicking on the important points. It also includes an interactive scavenger hunt built into the map.

Description: This page describes Coronado's unsuccessful quest for the Seven Cities of Cibola.

Description: This article describes Cartier's search for the legendary Kingdom of Saguenay.

Description: This article tells how the legend of the Kraken, likely born from the giant squid, grew over time.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 332 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 332 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 214 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Description: This page describes the symptoms of Scurvy - a common ailment on seafaring vessels.

Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.

Description: This activity requires students to write about a modern mystery that they think will be solved by humans in the future - in the same way that the cause of Scurvy was a mystery for hundreds of years.

Description: This writing prompt explains that Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth was made up by those who wished to embarrass him. It then requires students to write about an instance in which they may have experienced slander, or, when a character in literature or movies experienced it.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Coronado.

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 578 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 578 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF.