West Tisbury School Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
		Fifth grade students "explore" the settlement of the New World. Through research, mapping, dramatic presentations and information technology, students demonstrate their knowledge of the explorers and the indigenous peoples they encountered while exploring. Explore our students' findings with us. We are pleased to be part of "Google Historical Voyages and Events," as we learn about other schools and the historical projects they are doing. It is interesting to see what other students and teachers, around the World, are doing as they study historical events.

5th Grade Explores Explorers

1. Read our reports and try out our Explorer's Routes on
   Google Earth (It is almost as good as being there!)
   
   
2. Lesson Overview: Essential questions, Lesson Outcomes, Activities, Assessments. Resources and Materials

(You will need to have Google Earth installed on your computer to view our maps)

Roald Amundsen	Hernando Cortéz
Neil Armstrong	Vasco Da Gama
Sir Edmund Hillary	Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Vitus Bering	David Livingstone
Yuri Gagarin	Vasco Nunez De Balboa
Henry Hudson	Bartholomew Dias
James Cook	Ponce de Leon
Ferdinand Magellan	Sir Walter Raleigh
Edwin [Buzz] Aldrin	Christopher Columbus
Meriwether Lewis	Francisco Coronado
Robert F. Scott	Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain	Jacques Cartier
Juan Ponce de Leon	Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci	Samuel De Champlain
Jacques Cousteau	John Cabot
Robert Peary	Hernado de Soto

Amerigo Vespucci

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