Description

History Pockets-Explorers of North America, Grades 4 - 6, contains eleven discovery pockets. The introduction pocket gives an overview of exploration throughout North America. The other pockets feature ten famous explorers and their journeys.

Each of the pockets contains:

a reproducible pocket label
a bookmark of short fun facts about the subject
a reference map of the voyage(s) made by the explorer
a fact sheet of background information for teacher and students
arts and crafts projects
writing activities

Evaluation forms are provided at the end of the book for teacher and student assessment purposes

The book includes the following pockets:

Introduction to Explorers of North America
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Hernando Cortes
Jacques Cartier
Sir Francis Drake
Henry Hudson
Daniel Boone
James Cook
Lewis and Clark
John Wesley Powell

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

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