European Explorers Bundle with Lesson Plans - US History Activities - Explorers

Are you ready to teach your European Explorers unit? This European Explorers Bundle is perfect for 5th grade U.S. History standards. This bundle is a great way to get more resources all about European Explorers at a great price.

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What is different about this European Explorers Bundle?

This Explorers of North America resource is based on the 5th grade TEKS and comes with suggested lesson plans you can copy and paste into your plan book. This way, you are sure to cover exactly what is needed without adding to your workload with a ton of prep!

This Exploration of the New World bundle also contains a set of daily lesson plans for how to break down the activities within the unit and culminates in an end of unit assessment.

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This European Explorers Bundle covers the following standards:

• (1) History - The student understands the reasons for and the role of key people in the European colonization of North America beginning in 1565, the founding of St. Augustine. The student is expected to:
  • (A) explain when, where, and why groups of people explored, colonized, and settled in the United States, including the search for religious freedom and economic gain

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Included in European Exploration Bundle:

• Suggested Exploration of North America lesson plans in a copy and paste format
• Word wall cards
• I can statements
• End of unit assessment
• Suggested books on European Explorers
• Era of Exploration Informational Trading Cards
  • 22 half-page trading cards full of information on European Explorers and their motivations for coming to North America
• European Explorers Notebook Kit
  • 5 interactive notebook activities each with multiple formats for easy differentiation and suggested journaling questions
  • topics include:
    • explorers matrix
    • comparing explorers and conquistadors
    • 3 G's of conquistadors
    • explorers' routes
    • explorers' countries of origin
• European Explorers Task Cards
  • a set of 28 multiple-choice task cards to use in a review game or to assess your students' knowledge of the era of exploration
• European Explorers PowerPoint
  • a 30 page presentation perfect for use as lecture material or in a learning center
• European Explorers Cereal Box Biography
  • a student research project for furthering their learning on an individual explorer
• European Explorers I Have Who Has
  • a cooperative review strategy that allows the class to work together to go over the major concepts of exploration
• European Explorers Jigsaw
  • students will use the pre-chunked information on European Explorers to develop a presentation for the class, then all students are assessed on all the information

Please check out each of the individual resources for previews.

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