Ferdinand Magellan Lesson Plans

1. Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan A Man of His Time Subject Area: Language Arts/Social Studies Grade Level(s): 5-6 Duration of Activity: Two to three, 40-minute class periods Description of Activity: The students will use Microsoft Encarta and view Web sites on the World Wide Web to learn about Ferdinand Magellan. The students will...

2. Ferdinand Magellan
...Search Results Search Lessons by MS Frameworks Select a Lesson Plan category: Language Arts Search Lessons by Mathematics Subject Area Science Social Studies Perform a key word search: Search Lessons by Keyword Advanced Search Search How-To Top 100 Lesson Plans Just-in-Time Support Printer version Ferdinand Magellan A Man of His Time Subject Area: Language Arts/Social Studies Grade Level(s): 5-6 Duration of Activity: Two to three, 40-minute class periods Description of Activity: The students will use Microsoft Encarta and view Web sites on the World Wide Web to learn about Ferdinand Magellan. The students will...

3. The Discovery of the Americas: A Play About Early Explorers
...ly Explorers History, level: Elementary Posted Sat Apr 10 02:22:29 PDT 1999 by Brian Beckenstein ( beckensteinb@foxborough.k12.ma.us). Igo Elementary School, Foxborough, MA Materials Required: costumes Activity Time: 1 hour Concepts Taught: The Early Explorers of America - from Stone Age Hunters to Magellan I am a 2nd grade teacher at the Igo Elementary School in Foxborough, MA. I wrote a play about the early explorers to America. Most of my research came from the book, The Discovery of the Americas by Betsy and Giulio Maestro, Scholastic Inc., 1991 I'd love to hear any comments or suggestions you may have. Feel...

4. Conquistadors
...readsheet Checklist URLs: The Columbus Navigation Homepage http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/index.htm Kids Domain - Columbus Day http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/columbusday.html Coronado http://www.lsjunction.com/people/coronado.htm New Perspectives on the West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/ Ferdinand Magellan http://www.mariner.org/age/magellan.html Curriculum Frameworks Mississippi: Eighth Grade 1. Explain how geography, economics, and politics have influenced the historical development of the United States in the global community. (C, H, G, E) b. Examine the exploration and colonization periods of the...

5. Putting It on the Map
...its past and current significance.. 3. Create an original piece of artwork or functional piece (such as a lamp shade, window blinds, notebook cover, etc.) using maps as the primary material. Interdisciplinary Connections: Global History- Research a famous explorer, such as Marco Polo, James Cook or Ferdinand Magellan. As you learn about him or her, pay close attention to the types of maps that he or she used or created. Write a short story, series of journal entries or other creative piece that reflects the information you discovered. Teaching with The Times- Clip all of the maps found in The New York Times over...

6. Lesson 6: Series/Parallel Circuits
...de Bartholomeu Dias Coronado Christopher Columbus Sir Martin Frobisher John Cabot Sir Francis Drake Sir Walter Raleigh Vasco da Gama Samuel de Champlain Amerigo Vespucci Pedro Cabral Henry Hudson Vasco Nunez de Balboa Sieur de La Salle Ponce de Leon Estevanico Hernando Cortes Giovanni da Verrazzano Ferdinand Magellan Marquette & Jolliet Francisco Pizarro Marco Polo Jacques Cartier

7. Stories That Go with the Territory
...s per student) slips of paper, each with the name of a famous explorer or team and his or their related expedition written on it (suggested explorers/expeditions include, but are not limited to: Henry Hudson - The Northwest Passage, Sir Edmund Hillary - Mount Everest, Leif Erickson - North America, Ferdinand Magellan - North America, Christopher Columbus - North America, Neil Armstrong - Moon, Matthew Hanson and Robert Perry - North Pole, J.L. Powell - Colorado River/Grand Canyon, Thor Heyerdahl - Easter Island, Hans Meyer - Kilimanjaro) hat or bag research materials about various explorers and their expeditions...