Explorers to the New World

So many explorers so little time! For some students it is difficult to remember who did what and when. In Virginia we study the explorers from early elementary school through high school US History. They see the same maps over and over again. Memorize the same paths and dates.

Here are some of the places I go to help them out.

This interactive map is great for learning and watching the paths that many explorers took. One thing I don't like is that they don't include Cortes in this.

I love this "clearing house" for brief summaries and quick maps of so many explorers. Enchanted Learning is a great website for so many topics.

Here is another great site for researching the explorers and looking at the paths they took. And here is the specific area for Cortes.

Here is a list of the explorers that we highlight in my class.

Ponce DeLion
Christopher Columbus
Cartier
De Soto
Pizarro
Hernando Cortes
Henry Hudson
La Salle
Coronado
Cabrillo
Marquette and Joliet

This is an excellent site for those more interested in learning all the political, historical, and scientific information about exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries. There are lots of great interactive maps in there too.