5th Grade Discovery and Exploration Lesson Plans

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Exploring Explorers Lesson Plan

Students examine the reasons why, throughout history, people have ventured into unexplored places to discover new lands.

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Social Studies and History

Discovery and Exploration

Map

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Map Making, Floor Plans & Map Reading

Making maps will help students to use scale and compasses.

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Social Studies and History

Discovery and Exploration

Explorers

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Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day

In this lesson plan, students explore their ideas about history and who writes it. The often-repeated "fact" that…

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Nonfiction Literature

Discovery and Exploration

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The search for the maritime Northwest Passage was highly prized but never fulfilled during the "Age of Discovery."

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Social Studies and History

Discovery and Exploration

American History/U.S. History

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