Explorers and Pirates: Activities and Resources of Kids, Teachers, and Parents

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Explorers and Pirates

This section includes hundreds of incredible resources related to explorers, the Age of Exploration and Pirates, including interactive maps, timelines, biographies, literacy activities, printables, legends, myths, goals, destinations, and much more for students in fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade, and eight grade. Check out our newest explorers game: The Gourmet Galleon and construct a fictional menu on an explorer sea vessel.

Pirates

This section contains activities and resources related to pirates.

World Explorers Interactive

This section contains an interactive module that details the Age of Exploration, it’s many explorers, legends and myths, goals and obstacles, and much more. It also includes printable and interactive scavenger hunts.

World Explorer Biographies

This section contains dozens of biographies of English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese explorers of the Age of Exploration.

Explorers Literacy Activities

This section contains numerous explorers-themed literacy activities including reading comprehension and cloze reading exercises, sentence surgeons and correct-me passages, exciting writing prompts, critical thought activities, and project ideas. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or format.

Explorers - Fun Printable Activities and Coloring Pages

This section contains numerous explorers-themed printables that promote the magic of the Age of Exploration through critical thought, compare and contrast, and imagination. This section also includes coloring pages.

Explorers - Legends, Myths, and Destinations

This section explores the magic of the Age of Exploration with an interactive exhibit detailing both the myths and realities about the goals during the era. It also includes literacy exercises.

Explorers - Games and Interactive Activities

This section contains games and non-literacy based interactive activities related to Explorers.

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