Explorers interactive games for kids

The Explorations of Marquette and Joliet. Robert Sieur de la Salle Biography. John Cabot Biography. Description: This is a full biography of Italian explorer John Cabot. Captain James Cook Biography. Description: This is a full biography of English explorer James Cook. Sir Francis Drake Biography. Daniel Boone Biography.

Description: This is a complete Daniel Boone biography. Lewis and Clark Expedition - Interactive. Description: This section provides an interactive map of the Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific. Simply click and learn! Perfect as an introduction to the expedition or for younger kids.

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. William Clark Biography. Meriwether Lewis Biography - Lewis and Clark. Description: This is a detailed biography about Meriwether Lewis.

Sacagawea Biography - Lewis and Clark. Description: This is a biography about Sacagawea. Amelia Earhart Biography. Description: This is a full biography on Amelia Earhart. Explorer Route Maps. Type: Map Exercise.

Age of Exploration - Explanation. Age of Exploration Power Point Presentation. Description: This slide power point presentation explains all about the Age of Exploration. It includes everything your students will need to understand including definitions, reasons, explorers, histories, obstacles, goals, destinations, accomplishments, and much more!

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View leveled Article. Christopher Columbus : Columbus was an Italian explorer. He is credited with discovering America, even though Lief Erickson discovered it about years earlier, and Native Americans found it much earlier than that. The round trip, including his adventures in the New World, took Columbus eight months. He was well paid for his trip. Columbus was highly respected and, thanks to his adventures, he was also quite wealthy. He was happily married. He had a couple of kids. He was incredibly stubborn.

To the day he died, he never once admitted that he had found a New World. He insisted that he had, in fact, discovered the back door to China.

Amerigo Vespucius : Vespucius was an Italian explorer. He sailed thousands of miles along the Atlantic shore of the New World. He named it America. The name quickly caught on and spread through Europe. Most historians today agree that Vespucci had nothing to do with the New World being named America in the s. Still, for many years, some people accused Vespucius of trying to steal this discovery from Columbus. When the topic came up in his hearing, Columbus took every opportunity to point out that he did not find a New World; he found a back door to China.

So stubborn! Columbus did not mind at all that the New World was named after his good friend, and fellow explorer, Amerigo Americus Vespucius. John Cabot : Cabot was an Italian explorer. His family moved to England when he was a kid. In , five 5 years after Columbus, Cabot sailed away from England, looking for a back door to China, just as Columbus had done. He landed in the New World. He claimed land in what would become Canada for England, because England paid for the cost of trip.

But, like Columbus, Cabot thought he had successfully discovered a back door to China. He was not as stubborn as Columbus. He soon realized his mistake, and enjoyed many adventures exploring the New World, and much fame at home. Francisco Pizarro and the Incas: Pizarro was a Spanish explorer.

Pizarro and his band of soldiers arrived in the Inca capital city, high in the Andes Mountains of South America, looking for riches. Pizarro knew they were in trouble the minute he entered the city. There was gold everywhere. There were people everywhere. There were temples and beautiful art. This was a civilization, and an organized one. Although their welcome was warm, they were worried they would be killed.

It was a very real worry.