SuggestedActivities

__**Introduction**__ Building the concept of explorers and explorations.
 * __Livingstone Mouse__ by Pamela Duncan Edwards – Tea Party
 * __E____ncounter__ by Jane Yolen
 * Videos of space exploration; discuss the fears, motives and traits of explorers
 * //What makes a Good Explorer// from Curriculum guide.
 * //Age of Exploration// from Curriculum guide as an introduction for maps and locations of countries.

__**Geography**__ Use map skills to locate places on maps and globes, and the four hemispheres formed by the equator and prim meridian. (SOL 3.5-VBO 3.5.1-3.5.6)
 * Use Map Makers Toolkit to review: oceans, continents, equator, prime meridian, hemispheres, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Mali. Introduce Spain, France, England, St. Augustine, San Salvador, Quebec, Jamestown.
 * Songs for continents and oceans
 * Discovery Education – http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

__**History**__ Analyze the discovery of the Americas by Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Cartier, and Newport (SOL 3.3 - VBO 3.3.1-3.3.6)
 * __Web Quest for all explorers:__ [|__http://chalk.richmond.edu/____education/projects/webquests/explorer/__]
 * You can download SoftChalk 5.0 from the intranet and paste in any webquest and make changes.
 * Sorting the important information for all of the explorers (link to document)

__**Geography**__ Interpret geogrphic information from maps, tables, graphs, and charts. (SOL 3.6 - VBO 3.6.1-3.6.3)

**Literature Link** **s** //Where Do You Think You Are Going, Christopher Columbus?// – Jean Fritz <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Christopher Columbus –// Mervyn Kaufman <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Cod’s Tale –// Mark Kurlansky <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Meet Christopher Columbus –// AKJ <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//American in the Time of Columbus –// Heinemann <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Young Christopher Columbus –// Troll <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Pedro’s Journey –// Sundance <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Jacques Cartier –// Virginia Experience <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Juan Ponce de Léon// – Virginia Experience <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Christopher Columbus// – Virginia Experience <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Christopher Newport// – Virginia Experience <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Explorers Searching for Adventure// – Steck Vaughn <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//St. Augustine// – Cobblestone <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Picture Book of Christopher Columbus// – David A. Adler <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Christopher Columbus: Navigator to the New World// – I Asimov <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//If You Were There in 1492// – B. Brenner <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Westward with Columbus// – J. Dyson <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria// – Dennis B. Fradin <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Explorers// – Dennis B. Fradin <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Sailing to America, Colonists at Sea// – James E. Knight <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//They Sought a New World// – W. Kurelek <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Who Discovered America? Mysteries and Puzzles of the New World// – P. Lauber <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//In 1492// – Jean Marzollo <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Christopher Newport// – Amy William Boykin <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Christopher Columbus// – Stephen Krensky <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//The Story of Christopher Columbus: Admiral of the Ocean// – Mary Pope Osborne <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Columbus: My Journal, 1492-1493// – Peter Roop <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus// – Peter Sis <span class="Normal_0020_0028Web_0029__Char">//Cartier: Finder of the St. Lawrence// – Ronald Syme <span class="Normal__Char">__Hot Seat__ <span class="Normal__Char">__Find the Fiction/Two Truths and a Lie__ <span class="Normal__Char">__Think Links__