8th Grade Discovery and Exploration Resources
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8th Grade
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Public Transport Essay
Ask pupils to think about how public transport makes getting from place to place convenient and relatively inexpensive.…Subjects:TransportationExplorers' Voyages and TravelEssays -
LESSON PLANS
Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day
In this lesson plan, students explore their ideas about history and who writes it. The often-repeated "fact" that…SubjectsReading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureDiscovery and Exploration -
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Eyewitness: Explorer
Take a look at the often hazardous and perilous world of exploration from the lives and navigation techniques of the…SubjectsReading and LiteratureInformational TextsDiscovery and Exploration -
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Explorers of North and South America
Learn about discovery and exploration in North and South America with this social studies printable. Students will match…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationMap -
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Conquering Mount Everest
In 1953 explorers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, as described in this sheet. …Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationTwentieth Century -
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First Fleet
Students will write an essay imagining they traveled to Australia with the First Fleet.Subjects:Australian HistoryColonizationBritish History -
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Settling the West
Review concepts of westward expansion with this matching worksheet.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationAmerican History/U.S. History -
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Underwater Archaeology
Your pupils will learn about the use of underwater technology to find artefacts at the bottom of the sea. They will fill…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryArcheologyDiscovery and Exploration -
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Peary, Henson, and the North Pole
The race to the North Pole is detailed in this sheet.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationArctic and Polar Regions -
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Europeans Explore a New Land
The letters in the names of famous explorers are used to create words.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationExplorers -
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1600–1699 (A.D.) World History Timeline
Learn about significant events during the 17th century with this timeline.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryWorld HistoryDiscovery and Exploration -
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Myths About Explorers
An article dispelling myths about various explorers.Subjects:Library ResourcesReading and LiteratureExplorers -
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Columbus's Voyages
A list of Christopher Columbus's voyages and the places he landed on each of them.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationExplorers -
GAMES AND APPS
Go Exploring!
Match terms with corresponding definitions to improve knowledge of the Age of Exploration.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationExplorers -
LESSON PLANS
Blind Passage
The search for the maritime Northwest Passage was highly prized but never fulfilled during the "Age of Discovery."Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationAmerican History/U.S. History -
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Sailing Around the World
Appeal to children's imaginations with this creative writing exercise. Children will imagine they are circumnavigating…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationExplorers' Voyages and Travel -
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Lewis & Clark Trading Post
Lewis and Clark wanted to open up more of North America to trade. Trade was vital to the local peoples at this time.…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryDiscovery and ExplorationMathematics
