Curated OER
The Voyages of James Cook
Students are introduced to explorer James Cook and explore some basic information. They watch and take notes as the teacher present the Cook overview. Students play Cook Jeopardy following the slideshow. They play Jeopardy to see how...
Curated OER
PET Review
In this language review instructional activity, students read about James Cook and complete a fill in the blanks inside the paragraphs about him, read about the western alphabet and complete multiple choice questions, and more. Students...
Curated OER
Explorers
Pupils research famous explorers. In this exploration age lesson, students research the accomplishments of John Cabot, James Cook, Francis Drake, Martin Frobisher, and Henry Hudson. Pupils use their research findings to create maps of...
Other
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum: Captain James Cook
Who was Captain Cook? Find out the answer by listening to the account of his life, view the map of his life in the North East of England, and tour the Art Gallery with its multitude of themes related to his life. Links to other Cook...
Natural History Museum
Nhm: The Endeavour Voyage Across the Pacific
This multi-media rich site explores the voyage made by James Cook on the Endeavour in 1768. This voyage, marked as one of the most influential in history, made major nautical, geographical, natural history, and medical discoveries along...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Hand of Captain Hook
Exhibit examines John Webber's portrait of Captain James Hook.
Other
Journal of the h.m.s. Endeavour: Digital Images
Page by page, this is the manuscript journal of Cook's famous South Pacific voyage. Interactive images allow you to view portions of the manuscript, magnify it, print it and cite it properly.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Explorers of Canada
This site from Enchanted Learning has a listing and information on the major explorers of Canada. Many of these men came to Canada from France over different times. Pictures are provided along with links to additional information.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: James Cook (1728 1779)
Read about the life of Captain John Cook who made many famous discoveries on his three voyages to the Pacific Ocean. Click on the globes to see maps of his voyages.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Art of Australia
Wikipedia offers a page on the art of Australia, including many hyperlinked names of artists and their works.
Other
National Library of Australia: South Seas: Captain Cook
South Seas is an online reference guide to Captain James Cook's momentous first Pacific voyage of discovery (1768-1771). As well as providing the full text of Cook's journal and other important contemporary accounts of the voyage, it...
Other
Planet Explorers: Captain James Cook (1728 1779)
Famous for cartography and exploration of the Pacific and Antarctic, Planet Explorers provides a brief biography of Captain James Cook.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum (London): The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations
A series of articles and online exhibits that gives information on the various specimens, plants and animals that were collected and illustrations were then made. Cook led the world's first scientific naval expedition to the South Pacific.
BBC
Bbc: Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Pioneer
A engaging biography of the great British explorer that discusses not only his contributions to expanding the British empire but also his work in the prevention of scurvy. Archived.
Other
Migration Heritage Centre: Captain Cook's Sextant
See a photo of Captain James Cook's sextant, which resides at the British National Maritime Museum in London. Learn why this object is important for modern research and what it represents in European history.
Other
Migration Heritage Centre: Draught Instructions for Governor Philips
Scans of the 1787 "Draught Instructions for Governor Phillip," accompanied by a brief description, transcriptions, and footnotes. An interesting piece of history from Australia's early days as a British Colony.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners Museum: Exploration Through the Ages
This website focuses on exploration and offers links to Ancient Exploration, Medieval Exploration, The "Age of Discovery" and Modern Exploration. It also provides pictured links to four explorers: currently they are Christopher Columbus,...
Wisconsin Historical Society
American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts Early American Exploration/settlement
A collaborative project of the Wisconsin Historical Society and National History Day, this site contains over 18,000 pages of primary source, eyewitness accounts of North American exploration starting with the Vikings.
Princeton University
Strait Through: Magellan to Cook & the Pacific
A comprehensive look at the Pacific Islands and their explorers, including Magellan and James Cook. Includes a look at literary classics such as the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Robinson Crusoe.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Terracotta Fragments, Lapita People
Archaeologists get very excited when they find pieces of Lapita pottery. Why? Because the sequential depositing of potsherds (fragments of pottery) in an easterly direction across the island groups of the Pacific has become the pivotal...
Curated OER
Captain James Cook
Who was Captain Cook? Find out the answer by listening to the account of his life, view the map of his life in the North East of England, and tour the Art Gallery with its multitude of themes related to his life. Links to other Cook...