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EXPLORERS - ACTIVITIES

This section provides numerous online and printable activities related to Explorers and the Age of Exploration.

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Explorers Digital Scavenger Hunt

Description: This interactive activity allows students to use the interactive explorers exhibit to find the answers to the scavenger hunt questions.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Explorers - Fact or Fiction

Description: This interactive activity allows students to use the interactive explorers exhibit to determine if statements about explorers and their destinations are fact or fiction.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Explorers Mt. Rushmore

Description: This fun explorers activity requires students to construct a "Mt. Rushmore" of four explorers and to justify why they chose the explorers. The "heads" of ten different famous explorers or included and students simply cut them out to form the Mt. Rushmore.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Explorers Word Search - Online

Description: This is an online word search with the names of famous explorers. Choose with or without a timer.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Explorers Obstacles and Motivations Categorization - Online

Description: This activity requires students to drag and drop different phrases into a box for explorer motivations and for explorer obstacles. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Categorization

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5

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Categorizing Explorers by their Sponsoring Nations - Online

Description: This "containers" exercise requires students to drag and drop the different explorer names to their sponsoring nation containers. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Categorization

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Explorer Lands - Which Explorer Explored each Region of North America?

Description: This activity requires students to identify the land explored by 11 different explorers including Columbus, de Leon, Coronado, Balboa, Cabot, Champlain, and more.

Type: Map Exercise

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Explorers Timeline - Online Game

Description: This fun and challenging game requires students to correctly order Age of Exploration events along the timeline. Very fun, but very challenging.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Age of Exploration Power Point Presentation

Description: This 30-slide power point presentation explains all about the Age of Exploration. It includes everything your students will need to understand including definitions, reasons, explorers, histories, obstacles, goals, destinations, accomplishments, and much more! This presentation can easily be used at the basis for a unit on exploration.

Type: Presentation

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 270 words; LEXILE = 610

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 270 words; LEXILE = 610

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 906 words; LEXILE = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Amelia Earhart Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH = 906 words; LEXILE = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6, 7 +

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Virtual History Teacher - Grading an Amelia Earhart Test

Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about the life of Amelia Earhart. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Amelia Earhart biography for reference.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

What Happened to Amelia Earhart? - the Gardner Island Theory Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 441 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Christopher Columbus Digital Centers - by Computer Mice

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Christopher Columbus in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Jacques Cartier , you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 +

CC Standards:

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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension Contextual Vocabulary Focus - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4

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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension Sequencing Focus - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension Main Idea Focus - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension Details Focus - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Correct-me Passage

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about Christopher Columbus that has ten factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

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Christopher Columbus Fact or Fiction - Online

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Christopher Columbus passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels:

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Christopher Columbus Fact or Fiction

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Christopher Columbus passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels:

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Christopher Columbus - Virtual History Teacher

Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about Christopher Columbus. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Christopher Columbus biography for reference.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

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Christopher Columbus Topic Sentence and Supporting Details

Description: This printable activity requires students to select sentences from a series of sentences that fit under the given topic sentence, and to construct a paragraph based on the logical order of the selected sentences.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Paralaugh

Description: This activity functions like an online mad lib. Students must add parts of speech to create a hilarious story.

Type: Word/Phonics Game

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Was Christopher Columbus Overrated in History?

Description: This writing prompt requires students to consider an argument that Christopher Columbus was overrated in history. It then asks students to write about something they consider overrated.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Animated Biography

Description: This is an animated biography on Christopher Columbus

Type: Original Story

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Columbus Day, or, Not So Much

Description: This writing prompt requires students to determine whether or not Columbus should get his own holiday, and if not, what famous person should replace him and why?

Type: Social Studies Prompt

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Christopher Columbus Activities Bundle - All of the Printable Christopher Columbus Activities on This Site

Description: This bundle includes all of the printable activities related to Christopher Columbus on MrNussbaum.com

Type: Printable Units

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Captain James Cook United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page

Description: This is a coloring page that features a beautiful United States postage stamp honoring Captain James Cook.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Captain James Cook Reading Comprehension - Printable

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Coordinates - Online Game

Description: This awesome game is great for TEACHING latitude and longitude and world geography. In Coordinates, students learn latitude and longitude while learning the locations and names of the world’s nations. First, students are prompted to find the latitude coordinate. Once the latitude coordinate is found, the game locks the latitude position and the longitude lines animate into the map. Finally, students are prompted to find a point of longitude. If the clicked coordinates are close enough to the actual coordinates that they occur in the same nation, the student will have the opportunity to “guess” the name of the nation. If correct, students earn the flag of the nation that appears in the flags panel. Students also have 100 “coordinate points” to work with. If the actual coordinate is 95 degrees west and the student chooses 90 degrees, he or she will lose five coordinate points reducing the total, for example, to 95. The game ends when the student has no coordinate points left.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Coordinates Demonstration Video

Description: This is an embedded YouTube video that will show you how to play Coordinates.

Type: Instructional Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Ferdinand Magellan Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 534 Words; LEXILE = 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Ferdinand Magellan Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 534 Words; LEXILE = 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Ferdinand Magellan - Main Idea and Supporting Sentences

Description: Below are three headings at the beginnings of paragraphs. Below the chart are the associated supporting detail sentences. Which sentences would appear under which heading? Use the numbers before the sentences so you don’t have to write the entire sentence. Order matters!

Type: Literacy Drill

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Ferdinand Magellan Activities Bundle

Description: This packet includes all eight printable activities related to Ferdinand Magellan on MrNussbaum.com

Type: Printable Units

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Ferdinand Magellan Fact or Fiction

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Ferdinand Magellan passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Ferdinand Magellan Fact or Fiction - Online

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Ferdinand Magellan passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Ferdinand Magellan - Virtual History Teacher

Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about Ferdinand Magellan. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Ferdinand Magellan biography for reference.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Sequencing the Life of Ferdinand Magellan

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Ferdinand Magellan passage and then, to sequence ten events of his life from earliest to latest

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Ferdinand Magellan Correct-me Passage

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about Ferdinand Magellan that has ten factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Francisco Coronado Reading Comprehension - Online

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6, 7 +

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Francisco Coronado Reading Comprehension

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6, 7 +

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Francisco Coronado Reading Comprehension - Printable

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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French Explorers Correct-me Passage

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about French explorers that has nine factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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From the Age of Exploration: What Nation?

Description: This activity requires students to drag and drop the names of different terms into the correct country box. For example, since Jamestown was an English colony, it would get dropped into the "England" box.

Type: Categorization

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Jacques Cartier Digital Centers - by Computer Mice

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Jacques Cartier in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Jacques Cartier , you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 +

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Jacques Cartier Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 490 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

The Greatest Mythical Place Ever - Writing Prompt

Description: Based on the Iroquoian explanation of the Kingdom of Saguenay to Jacques Cartier, students must describe and draw the greatest mythical place they have ever experienced in a book, movie, or video game! Very fun and engaging.

Type: Social Studies Prompt

Format: Printable Activity

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Halls of History - Online U.S. History Game

Description: Welcome to Halls of History! This game will test your visual knowledge of American history. There are seven sections to the game, five of which cover historical eras until the Civil War, and two of which cover famous people in American history. Click on each image in history to enlarge and inspect and then answer the question associated with it. When you are done with the game, you'll get a percentage score for each section.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Hernando de Soto Reading Comprehension - Printable

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Hernan Cortez Reading Comprehension - Printable

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Jacques Cartier Fact or Fiction

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Jacques Cartier passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Jacques Cartier Fact or Fiction - Online

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Jacques Cartier passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Jacques Cartier - Virtual History Teacher

Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about Jacques Cartier. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Jacques Cartier biography for reference.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels:

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Jacques Cartier Canadian Postage Stamp Coloring Page

Description: This is a coloring page that features a Canadian postage stamp that honors Jacques Cartier.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain Canadian Postage Stamp Coloring Page

Description: This is a coloring page that features a Canadian postage stamp honoring Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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John Cabot Digital Centers - by Computer Mice

Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on John Cabot in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about John Cabot, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 +

CC Standards:

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John Cabot Reading Comprehension - Printable

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Comparing and Contrasting Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain

Description: This activity requires students to compare and contrast Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain. Students must evaluate ten statements to determine if each is associated with Cartier, Champlain, or both.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Jacques Cartier Activities Bundle

Description: This packet includes all eight printable activities related to Jacques Cartier on MrNussbaum.com

Type: Printable Units

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Ponce de Leon Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5

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Ponce de Leon Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Ponce de Leon Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Sir Francis Drake Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 590 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sir Francis Drake Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Imagining Mythical Kingdoms

Description: This activities requires students to read short blurbs about three mythical kingdoms that explorers hoped to find: The Kingdom of Prester John, The Kingdom of Saguenay, and the Seven Cities of Cibola. Based on the descriptions, students should render imaginative drawings.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Legends, Myths, and Goals of the Age of Exploration Interactive Scavenger Hunt

Description: This interactive scavenger hunt allows students to use the Legends, myths, and Goals of the Age of Exploration exhibit to hunt for the answers. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Robert Sieur de la Salle Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Sequencing Focus - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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The Lost Journal Pages of Meriwether Lewis

Description: When Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the vast Louisiana Territory, he had visions that they’d find exotic creatures such as wholly mammoths and undiscovered landforms such as mountains made of salt. While Lewis and Clark discovered over three hundred species of animals and plants, and even sent a magpie and prairie dog as pets to Thomas Jefferson, they never found the kind of creatures that legends are made of (though they did find massive grizzly bears). What if Lewis and Clark actually did discover an unworldly plant, animal, and landform, but those pages were somehow lost from Lewis’ journal forever when their keelboat capsized? In the spaces provided below, use your imagination to name, draw, and describe these lost discoveries.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Dynamic Duo - Lewis and Clark

Description: This printable exercise requires students to compare Lewis and Clark to other "dynamic duos" in literature, movies, or even sports.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Main Idea Focus - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 395 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Details Focus

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Contextual Vocabulary Focus

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Sequencing Focus

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Main Idea Focus

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Lewis and Clark United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page

Description: This is a coloring page that features a United States Postage Stamp honoring the 200th Anniversary of the Lewis and Clark adventure.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Magellan Versus Earhart

Description: This is a challenging game that traces the steps that both explorers attempted in their failed circumnavigations. Redeem your chosen explorer by successfully re-tracing his or her steps using your advanced world geography skills. Very challenging!

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Marco Polo and the Silk Road Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 170 Words; LEXILE: 810

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Marco Polo and the Silk Road Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 170 Words; LEXILE: 810

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

CC Standards:

Lang. Arts Standards:

Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Marco Polo and the Silk Road Correct-me Passage

Description: This fun activity requires students to correct a passage about Marco Polo that has seven factual errors. Students first must discover the errors, then click on them and select the correct answer from the drop down menu.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Marco Polo Fact or Fiction - Online

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Marco Polo passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Marco Polo Fact or Fiction

Description: This fun activity requires students to read a Marco Polo passage and then, to sort 10 statements into those that are facts and those that are fiction.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Marco Polo Virtual History Teacher

Description: Students play the role of a virtual history teacher and must grade responses to three questions about Marco Polo. Each response is incomplete, and students must fill in the missing information in the "response" section. Students can use the Marco Polo biography for reference.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Marco Polo Topic Sentence and Supporting Details

Description: This printable activity requires students to select sentences from a series of sentences that fit under the given topic sentence, and to construct a paragraph based on the logical order of the selected sentences.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Marco Polo Activities Bundle - All of the Printable Marco Polo Activities on This Site

Description: This bundle includes all of the printable activities related to Marco Polo on MrNussbaum.com

Type: Printable Units

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Prince Henry Reading Comprehension - Printable

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Sacagawea Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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The Long Lost Drawing of Sacagawea - Lewis and Clark

Description: Did you know that there are no known drawings of depictions of Sacagawea? All of the images you see of her today are simply guesses. This activity shows three different depictions of Sacagawea and challenges students to author their own "authentic" sketch of Sacagawea.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Sacagawea United States Postage Stamp Coloring Page

Description: This is a coloring page that features a United States postage stamp honoring Sacagawea.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Sacagawea Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Scurvy Reading Comprehension

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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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