Exploration
of the New World
- Zoom
Explorers
http://www.zoomschool.com/explorers/1700.shtml - Pathfinders
and Passageways
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/index-e.html- Explorers Index
- The Exploration of Canada
- First Nations and Inuit
- The Norse - Vikings
- John Cabot
- Jacques Cartier
- Frobisher
- Davis
- Henry Hudson
- Raold Amundsen
- William Baffin
- James Cook
- Des Groseilliers, Médard Chouart - RADISSON AND DES GROSEILLIERS
- John Franklin
- Simon Fraser
- Samuel Hearn
- Henry Kelsey
- La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de
- Alexander Mackenzie
- David Thompson
- George Vancouver
- Passageways:
True Tales of Adventure for Young Explorers
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/kids/index-e.html- Resources for Teachers
- Explorers Index
- Roald Admundsen
- First Nations and Inuit
- Vikings
- John Cabot
- Jacques Cartier
- Samuel de Champlain
- Martin Frobisher
- John Franklin
- Simon Fraser
- Samuel Hearne
- Henry Kelsey
- The La Verendryes
- John Davis
- Henry Hudson
- Alexander Mackenzie
- David Thompson
- George Vancouver
- Exploration through the ages
http://ww2.mariner.org/exploration/index.php- The Explorers
- Their Ships
- Their tools of navigation
- Their Voyages
- The Great Exchange - The global exchange of cultures, plants, animals, and, disease.
- Life at sea
- Activities - Use the right margin to locate things to make: compass, astrolabe, quadrant, label a ship, create a globe
-
Explorers from France
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/the-explorers
Jacques Cartier (Navigator-Explorer); Étienne Brűlé (Interpreter and Explorer);
Samuel de Champlain (Geographer and Builder of a Colony); Jean Nicollet (The Peacemaking Explorer); Jean de Quen (The Missionary Explorer); Louis Jolliet (Professional Explorer); Cavelier de La Salle (Intrepid Explorer); Charles Albanel (Missionary Voyageur); La Vérendrye (Explorer of the West); Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (The El Cid of Canada)
- Empire
of the Bay
http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/profile_splash.html
Who were the Pathfinders? A look into the lives of the explorers and businessmen central to the Hudson's Bay Company.
Martin Frobisher, Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson, Samuel de Champlain, Radisson and Groseilliers, Charles II, Alexander Mackenzie, George Simpson, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Louis Riel.
Try the quiz - link at the bottom of the page.
- Great
Canadian Explorers
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/multimedia/explorers/ - Living
in Canada in the time of Champlain
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/vmnf/champlain/indexeng.shtml- Index
Includes information about: commerce, exploring, farming, building, daily life, warfare and the last voyage.
- Index
- New France: New Horizons
http://www.champlain2004.org/html/discovery.pdf - last slide tells of plants and animals
- New France - Samuel de Champlain
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-west/052910/05291002_e.html
graphic of map done by Champlain
- Samuel
de Champlain
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/naal5/explore/champlain.htm
Biography and questions for students to explore.
- Samuel
de Champlain
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03567a.htm
- Samuel
de Champlain
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm
- Canadian Settlement
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2111.4-e.html
Arrival of Samuel de Champlain.
- Discoverers
Web
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html
Listing of many links to explorers.
- David Thompson Map Maker, Explorer and Visionary
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/thompson/index.aspx
- John
and Sebastian Cabot
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03126d.htm
- The
Life and Voyages of Henry Hudson English Explorer & Navigator
http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/
- The
Vikings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/index.shtml- Viking Invasion- Who were the Vikings?
- Viking Life
- Viking Beliefs
- Travel Trade and Exploration
- What happrened to the Vikings?
- Timeline
- Activities
- Teacher
Resources- Lesson Plans with Printable
Worksheets
- Vikings:
The North Atlantic Saga
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html
Use the menu across the top to access:- Guided Tour
- Learning Center- Teacher's Guide, Web links
- Family Guide Printable activities 16 page PDF
- Hnefatafl
Board Game
- Viking
Explorers
http://www.mariner.org/education/viking-explorers
A text-based account of the early Viking explorers with internet links. - The
Norse in Labrador and Newfoundland
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html
-
The Norse In "Vineland"
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/h24-1210-e.html
- Vitus
Bering
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=80895
- Lewis
& Clark: The Maps of Exploration
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/lewis_clark/planning3.html
Information of early exploration of Vancouver and Mackenzie and the early mapping of the western ocean.
- The
Fur Trade and the Hudson's Bay Company
http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/intro_e.html
The history of the fur trade, the personalities, stories, a timeline, and links to primary sources.
- Robert
Scott
http://www.south-pole.com/p0000089.htm
- The
Atlas of Canada: Exploration in Canada
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical
Maps with exploration routes.
- All
About Explorers
http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/index.html- Read About This Site - The site is intended to teach students to evaluate accurate infomation on the interent and learn to access subscription databases such as World Book Online or SIRS Discoverer
- Explorers
from A to Z
Do not use these links for research of explorers
- Explorer
Project- WebQuest
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/pershing/explorers/index.htm
Lesson plan with links for students to make a research pop-up book.
Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Sunday January 3, 2010 8:19 PM