Social Studies Fifth Grade

 Standard: 5.2.1 Describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of early explorers (e.g., Christopher Columbus, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado) and the technological developments that made sea exploration by latitude and longitude possible (e.g., compass, sextant, astrolabe, seaworthy ships, chronometers, gunpowder).

Resource Type

Themes

Websites /Activities

 Flash card matching games/concentration games

 Explorers

   Crosswords and facts

  Explorers

  Maritime On-Line Museum

 Maritime Exploration