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Longitude-Dava Sobel
In this longitude worksheet, learners read about how to determine the longitude of location while at sea and they answer 5 questions about calculating longitude.
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The Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration provides a way for students to learn about various topics relating to geography, history, and science.
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Theatre: Persuasive Explorers
Learners act like a famous explorer. In this explorer lesson, students research an explorer and act out persuasive arguments in which that explorer might be involved.
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English Exercise: Passive Voice
In this passive voice worksheet, students use either present, past, present perfect or future tense and fill in blanks in sentences. Links to additional resources and audio version are given.
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USA Celebrations and Holidays
In this USA holiday and celebrations worksheet, 5th graders complete a set of 17 questions about holidays and celebrations. Students may click on an answer button beneath each sentence to check their work.
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Exploration--Widening Our Horizons
Students examine the difficulties of exploration and some of the motivations for exploration. They investigate various types of explorers and identify the difficulties faced by the New World explorers. Students create a journal of...
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Better Lesson: Want to Trade?
Students will write about what they would trade for gold and practice inventive spelling in the process. After reading "In 1492", students will discuss how Christopher Columbus traded with the natives and then write what they would trade...