Age of Exploration Activities
Bring the Age of Exploration to life with this set of 6 hands-on activities that include informational text for each topic.
Included in this resource:
- Informational texts 6 topics
- Student handouts for 6 activities
- Complete materials list for each activity
- Additional resources related to the Age of Exploration
Topics included:
- ship design
- the physics of ship building
- cartography
- creating an Astrolabe
- sailor's log
- and captain's plea for sponsorship.
Also available as part of a Age of Exploration Teacher Resource Bundle
Related Resources include:
• Age of Exploration Digital Timeline and Analysis Activity for Google Drive
• Age of Exploration Gallery Walk Activity of the Explorers for secondary
• Age of Exploration Illustrated Timeline Collaborative Activity
• Age of Exploration Interactive Notebook Graphic Organizers on Age of Discovery
• Age of Exploration Unit Resource Bundle SAVE 25%+
• Age of Exploration What's the Question Bell-Ringers for Age of Exploration Unit
What teachers say about the Age of Exploration activities:
Provided great activities to make a unit on the Age of Exploration more hands-on and interactive.
Very thorough. We are enjoying the stations, and I appreciate being able to make this topic more hands-on for my students.
Good activity to reinforce the topic! Thank you for saving me time.
Awesome resource!
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