Curated OER
The Vikings of Scandinavia
Students become familiar with who the Vikings were and what they accomplished. In this Vikings lesson, students locate the Scandinavian countries. Students will record information about the Vikings in a Viking notebook. Students will...
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: The Ages of Exploration: Medieval
Looks at a few of the key navigational tools and significant individuals during the medieval period of exploration.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Exploring Explorers
This is a lesson activity which is written to engage visual and kinesthetic learners in their study on explorers: Leif Eriksson, Christopher Columbus, Erik the Red, Vasco Da Gama, John Cabot, Marco Polo, and Ferdinand Magellan.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Erik the Red
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia explores what is known about the life of Erik the Red, the founder of the first Nordic settlement in Greenland.