Kemp Elementary Pathfinder
Explorers - 4th Grade

PS2:  The learner will be able to describe early explorations of European countries and their impact on native populations in the New World.

Print Resources - Non-Fiction Books

811 LEW A world of wonders : geographic travels in verse and rhyme / by J. Patrick Lewis ; pictures by Alison Jay.
910 FRI Around the world in a hundred years : from Henry the Navigator to Magellan / Jean Fritz ; illustrated by Anthony Bacon Venti.
910 MAT Explorer / written by Rupert Matthews.
910.9 SNE Explor-a-maze / written by Robert Snedden ; illustrated by Tim Oliver, et al.
910.92  MAG Magellan : a voyage around the world / written by Fiona Macdonald ; illustrated by Mark Bergin.
910.92 TOL The explorer's handbook / Marilyn Tolhurst.
915.104 MAC Marco Polo : a journey through China / written by Fiona Macdonald ; illustrated by Mark Bergin.
970.01 JAN Explorers of North America / by Brendan January.
970.01 SPE Three ships for Columbus / by Eve Spencer ; illustrations by Tom Sperling.

Print Resources - Reference Books

REF 910.9 GRO Grolier student library of explorers and exploration.

Print Resources - Magazines

PRO 910.92 EXP Kids Discover:  Explorers.
Pro 910.92 Exp Kids Discover:  Columbus.

Online Resources - Cobb Virtual Library

Find the Search Box and correctly type in the name of your explorer.  Make sure you read the summary in the Results List so you select the right article!
World Book Online Grolier Online Gale Jr. Reference Collection - Select person search.

Online Resources - Internet Sites

Wikipedia:  List of Explorers

Links to information about individual explorers.  Search through the list by last name.

The Mariner's Museum Brief biographies of a variety of explorers.  Search through the list by last name.
Enchanted Learning Navigate through the list of explorers by selecting the first letter of his last name at the top.

Online Resources - Webquests

Explorers Students create a set of explorer trading cards.
The Case of the Missing Trunk Students determine who a trunk belongs to by identifying the clues it contains.
Wanted Explorers! Students join the North American Geographic Society to explore uncharted territories.

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Updated Oct. 10, 2005