1. ProTeacher! New World Exploration Lesson Plans For Elementary School Teachers In conquistadors An instructional unit that teaches students Mini Poster for new WorldExplorers - Students use research The Age of exploration Curriculum Guide http://www.proteacher.com/090065.shtml

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2. European Explorers - Age Of Exploration Project Ideas. General Links. The Age of exploration from the Mariner's Museum in newport news, Virginia. Includes a timeline and curriculum guide. Discoverer's Web by a Netherlands University faculty member. Who Goes There European exploration of the new world a Thinkquest project Hernando deSoto, and Tristan deLuna. PBS conquistadors learn all about Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana, and http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/explore.html

European Explorers of the "New World" in the Age of Exploration Project Ideas General Links The Age of Exploration from the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Includes a timeline and curriculum guide. Discoverer's Web by a Netherlands University faculty member. Explorers of the Millennium from the ThinkQuest Jr. project. Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World a Thinkquest project Discovery School's Exploration Station - learn about some of the most famous European explorers who sailed the high seas. Empire of the Bay from the PBS series. Includes Hudson, Champlain, Cartier, and others. Florida of the Conquistador facts about Ponce deLeon, Panfilo de Narvaez, Hernando deSoto, and Tristan deLuna. PBS: Conquistadors - learn all about Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana, and Cabeza De Vaca- four men who helped explore the new world. Enchanted Learning Explorers Room 30's Explorer Page reports by a San Jose 5th Grade class. Bartholemew Dias, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Ferdinand Magellan are covered.

3. Explorers of Native America middle school reading level information on Spanish explorersand conquistadors. European exploration of the new world - A Thinkquest http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/explorer/default.htm

Explorers General Sites Individual Explorer Pages General Sites The Age of Exploration - elementary themes web links The Age of Exploration - explorer pages by high school students information about Columbus, Drake, Magellan, Hernando de Soto, Ponce de Leon, and Vasco de Gama The Age of Exploration - high school reading level information from the Ancient World through James Cook Mr. Avery's Class: Explorers Project - 5th grade explorer reports on Vespucci, Captain Cook, Ericson, De Soto, Columbus, Magellan, Marco Polo, Cabot, Ponce De Leon, and Vasco de Gama The Case of the Missing Trunks - Explorer Webquest Clothesline Biographies - info on Columbus written by 2nd graders Conquistadors - PBS online learning adventure Discovers by Alphabet - high school reading level information on explorers from A - Z Discoverers Web - numerous resources with various reading levels Discovery and Exploration - high school reading level documents the discovery and exploration with both manuscripts and published maps Early Explorers m atch famous early explorers with their accomplishments European Explorers - explorer bios organized by country Explorations of the Northwest Passage -Arctic and Northwest Passage explorers Explorer Trading Cards - written by Mr. Leahy's 5th graders Explorer look at portraits and see if you can earn Explorer Trading Cards

4. American History, Page 1, Spanish Conquest Of Native America Extensive North American Conquest site describing Hernando de Soto and Cabeza de Vaca during the mid1500's, through 14 states and 100's of today's cities. PDAs. WAP. Spanish exploration and. Conquest of Native America order to trade Spain's new world gold. He followed trails conquistadors were not sent deep into America after Hernando de http://www.floridahistory.com/

For Handhelds Spanish Exploration and Conquest of Native America Hernando de Soto explored America for a seaway to China in order to trade Spain's New World gold. He followed trails that we use as highways. Spain's records describe Native Americans along those trails at places that are cities again today. Conquest Trails in Fourteen States are presented here. Fast Facts YOUR STATE DeVaca Text Only ... Links Conquest Starts HERE 1st Contact The Natives The Spaniards Complete Story State Map INDEX DeSoto World Maps Cabeza DeVaca's Trail Real Conquest Portraits Conquistadors were not sent deep into America after Hernando de Soto and Vasquez de Coronado. That is argument enough to believe that they searched the better part of this continent, given that Spain explored and/or colonized ALL of the NEW WORLD elsewhere. Add This Channel TRANSLATIONS: deutscher, francais, espanoles, japanese, chinese, etc

5. NM's Creative Impulse.. Exploration...The Americas exploration possible and made the clash between the two very different cultures inevitable. The riches of gold and land in the new world The conquistadors interesting short bios http://history.evansville.net/explorat.html

NM's Creative Impulse The Development of Western Civilization World History Exploration...The Americas Contents Introduction History People Places ... Search or Look it up in the Encyclopedia Britannica Contact Information Introduction Improvements in technology made the European voyages of exploration possible and made the clash between the two very different cultures inevitable. The riches of gold and land in the New World intensified Old World rivalries and began a commercial revolution. Britain, France and Spain vied for world dominance. Back to Top Hist ory People Lope de Aguirre The story of Lope de Aguirre is undoubtedly one of the most bloodthirsty and shocking of all Amazon legends. Ancient and Lost Civilizations nice multi-page site with history, maps, myths, beautiful images and more of each culture Aztecs Incan Indians Mayan Native Americans (from Anasazi to Zuni) Toltecs Balboa one nice page bio with links to other sites from The Discoverers Web*** John and Sebastian Cabot read a one page bio of the father and son and see the route sailed The Catholic Monarchs a very short read about the major events that took place during the years from 1474 to1516 during the reign of Isabel and Fernando of Spain Columbus and the Age of Discovery - Millersville University, Pennsylvania

6. European Voyages Of Exploration: Latin America knowledge gave them the ultimate military superiority critical to their conquestof the new world. The Spanish conquistadors. The Spanish explorers took two http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/Latin.html

The European Voyages of Exploration Latin America The earliest inhabitants of America were hunters who migrated from the Asian mainland across the Bering Straits land bridge between 40,000 and 25,000 B.C.E. They adapted quickly to their environment. Their population in Central America and in the high valleys of the Andes alone had grown to approximately 45 million by 1492, the year Christopher Columbus arrived in America. In 1500, over 350 major tribal groups, 15 distinct cultural centres and more than 160 linguistic stocks existed in Latin America, a variety so great as to invite comparison with all of Eurasia or all of Africa. Map of New Spain 1540 The Europeans incorrectly categorised all these groups under the title of "Indian." "Indian" was of course a misnomer since it originated in a geographical misconception on the part of the Christopher Columbus who imagined himself near the East Indies. Having only one name applied to the diverse indigenous populations also presented a unity between these groups that did not actually exist. Even after contact with the European invaders, each group sought out the most advantageous situation for itself alone. This lack of unity was a key element to Spanish expansion as will be seen in the accounts of the conquests of the Aztec and Inca Empires. Any commonality among the diverse indigenous groups came from their shared state of relative isolation from the rest of humanity. In the Old World, people, disease strains and technologies had been continually passed back and forth over the entire great landmass of Europe-Asia-Africa for centuries. New World peoples had no such contact and this resulted in devastating population losses due to a lack of resistance to the incoming Old World diseases like smallpox. Another way in which these groups were similar is that none had iron and steel. The Europeans knew how to manufacture and use steel weapons and this knowledge gave them the ultimate military superiority critical to their conquest of the New World.

7. Explorers pbs.org/conquistadors/ Learn about the Spanish conquistadors in the new world andthe edu/armadillo/Projects/letters.html Discovery and exploration from the http://eduscapes.com/42explore/explorers.htm

The Topic: Explorers If you are looking for information about a specific explorer, go to our Explorers - A to Z bonus page to access an indexed list of over 150 biography and information sites - - too many to fit on this page. Easier - There have always been explorers. Explorers are people who travel to or investigate unknown places. In traveling, they make or follow a route, path, or trail. Prehistoric men and women who ventured out across the continents were among the first explorers. Harder - Explorers are usually thought of as people who purposely visit and study an unknown geographic area. The golden age of exploration began in the fifteenth century as sailors from Europe ventured out and explored the world, locating routes across its oceans and continents and defining the earth's physical shape, size, and positions. Today however, explorers are persons who systematically search, examine, and investigate for the purpose of discovering unknowns in all aspects of our universe; making new discoveries and expanding frontiers in science, medicine, technology, and our environment.

8. The Conquistadors - Start The Adventure With full curriculum resources focusing on issues related to the conquistadors' exploration and conquest of the new world, this online learning adventure for students and teachers retraces the of http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/home.htm

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9. New World_Conquistadors Return to. Discovery and exploration Main Page. conquistadors. Columbus returned to the new world three more times. He gradually saw his dream of a peaceful relationship with the natives of the new http://home.earthlink.net/~kahnep63/New_World_Conquistadors.html

Return to Discovery and Exploration Main Page CONQUISTADORS Columbus returned to the New World three more times. He gradually saw his dream of a peaceful relationship with the natives of the New World replaced by the sweep of conquest. Greed and ambition drove the foundation of a Spanish Empire in the New World. The men who followed Columbus explored beyond Hispanoila. These conquistadors eventually pushed onto the North American continent, establishing a Spanish presence in Florida, as well as in Mexico, then Central America, and South America. Along the way, they were incessant in their search for gold. (1) Click on the link and follow the Timeline of Conquest showing Spanish expeditions in the New World. The most instructive example of Spanish goals and methods in the New World can be found in the expedition of Hernan Cortes , who conquered one of the greatest empires in the New World: the Aztec Empire. (2) Click on the above link to read about Cortes' conquest of the Aztecs. For another narrative, check out

10. BBC - History - The Story Of The Conquistadors The conquest of much of the new world by Spanish conquistadors duringthose few years was surely one of history s turning points. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/exploration/conquistadors_01.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index TUESDAY 8th June 2004 Text only BBC Homepage History Topics ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! The Story of the Conquistadors By Michael Wood The deeds of the conquistadors were surely as amazing as those of the ancient Greeks or Romans. But even in the 16th century, questions were asked about the morality of their exploits. Michael Wood looks for some answers. Page 1 of 6 1. Introduction 2. Colombian exchange 3. The Aztecs 4. Conquistador regret ... Print entire article Introduction 'Everything that has happened since the marvellous discovery of the Americas has been so extraordinary that the whole story remains quite incredible to anyone who has not experienced it at first hand. Indeed it seems to overshadow all the deeds of famous people of the past, no matter how heroic, and to silence all talk of other wonders of the world.' - Bartolome de las Casas It is amazing to think that when Bartolome de las Casas wrote those words in 1542, barely 20 years had passed since the discovery and conquest of the Aztec world in Mexico. It was only three years since the defeat of the Great Revolt of the Incas in the High Andes of Peru. At that moment, in fact, Manco Inca still controlled an independent Inca state in the jungles of Vilcabamba. During the same years in which Cortes overthrew the Aztecs, Magellan circumnavigated the globe. '...has history, and our ways of seeing the world, ever moved so fast as it did in the 16th century?'

11. WeFour New World Explorers new world Explorers. This page has been new world French Settlers. 1492 Exhibit. Empire of the Bay. The Mariner's Museum. Maritime MuseumExplorers. Florida conquistadors. exploration http://members.aol.com/we4amhis/Explore.html

New World Explorers This page has been created as a guide to some of the numerous research and homework help resources found on the Internet. Comprehensive Resources Voyages of Discovery Trackstar: Early Explorers Age of Exploration Explorer Myths ... PBS:Conquistadors The Explorers Vasco Nunez de Balboa Leif Ericson (Erikkson, Erikson) Christopher Columbus Balboa Biography Leif Erikson Biography Columbus:Culinary History Vasco Nunez de Balboa ... Museum Biography Samuel De Champlain Voyage Journal John and Sebastian Cabot Nova Scotia:Champlain Man and Myth Champlain's 1607 Map Historical Dilemma ... Britannica Biography Hernando Cortez (Cortes) Thinkquest:Cabot Encarta Biography Heritage:John Cabot Cortez Biography ... Hernando Cortez Francisco Vasques de Coronado Newfoundland:Cabot Aztec Conquest Coronado Biography The Cabots ... Stories of Nebraska Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier Sir Francis Drake Hernando De Soto Canadian Toponymy Museum Biography Thinkquest Biography Nova Scotia:Cartier ... Thinkquest Biography Bartolomeu Dias Encarta Biography Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Encyclopedia Biography Vasco Da Gama Spanish in North America Vasco Da Gama Student Site Prince Henry the Navigator Encyclopedia Biography Thinkquest Biography Britannica Biography Louis Joliet Henry the Navigator Henry Hudson Thinkquest Biography Institute of Sagres Henry Hudson Facts Encarta Biography ... Henry Hudson, Explorer

12. Grade 6 Social Studies school classrooms to learn about the Spanish conquistadors in the new world – andthe The Mariners Museum Age of exploration Online Curriculum Guide The http://www.linktolearning.com/grade6ss.htm

Grade 6 Social Studies Home Back Canada and Its Trading Partners Aboriginal Peoples and Early Explorers Aboriginal Peoples Kids' Stop at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - This is a great resource written specifically for junior-aged students and includes sections on Places, Languages, History and People. The Teacher section has excellent printable resources. (version française) The First Nations of the New France Era from the Canadian Museum of Civilization (version française) Homes of the Past - The Archaeology of an Iroquoian Longhouse from the Royal Ontario Museum Canada's Native Peoples - Vol. II of the Canada Heirloom Series - The reading level may be a challenge for grade 6, but the information is detailed and accompanied by excellent pictures. Ch. 1- Micmac Aboriginal Life; Ch. 2 - The Indians of the St. Lawrence Lowlands; Ch. 3 - The Woodland Indians; Ch. 4 - The Plains Indian Nations of Western Canada; Ch. 5 - Indians of the N.W.T., the Yukon, and the B.C. Interior; Ch. 6 - The Inuit of Canada; Ch. 7 - The Metis; Ch. 8 - The Monumental Cultures of the Northwest Coast Peoples Comparison of the First Nations Peoples of Canada ; Haida, Blackfoot, Iroquois, Inuit

13. Kids Online Resources - Explorers, Vikings, English, Conquistadors Pg 2 The conquistadors. Around the age of 23 he left for the new world. Theage of Spanish exploration Conquest and Early Colonization. http://www.kidsolr.com/history/page2.html

Search KidsOLR Home Internet Safety Art/Music Geography ... Site Map History and Social Science Pg2 American/Government/Women Explorers World/Ancient/Castles Human Origins/Ancient ... War Explorers A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia - Phoenicia, origin, history. Athena Review - Journal of Archaeology, History, and Exploration. Caesar, Julius - Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books attributed to Hirtius. Christopher Columbus - Important Facts About Christopher Columbus. Discoverers Web - In this project I try to gather all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration. Exploration - After Prince Henry First Europeans - Traveled to Khan's Court. Hanno's Periplus On the Web - Directory of pages about the explorer Hanno of Carthage and his African expedition.

14. Mosaic: Sources provides insight into the motivations of the conquistadors, as well of the primaryreasons for the exploration and conquest of the new world was the http://college.hmco.com/history/west/mosaic/chapter9/module34.html

Unit 9: Exploration / The Americas Columbus in the New World The voyages of Christopher Columbus initiated the European exploration of the Americas. The following selections come from a letter written by Columbus upon his return from the New World. After landing in Lisbon in March 1493, Columbus sent a letter describing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. In the letter, Columbus describes the geography and people of the islands that he believed were in the "Indian Sea." The letter was first published in Barcelona and immediately went into multiple editions, becoming one of Europe's earliest "bestsellers." Eleven editions were published in 1493 alone. Columbus Discovers the New World Columbus's letter announcing his findings in the New World was printed along with images that illustrated his discoveries. This print depicts the inhabitants of the New World as Columbus saw them. Cortes Describes Aztec Sacrifices, 1521 Hernan Cortes (1485-1546) and his troops managed in a short time to invade Mexico and topple the Aztec civilization there, culminating in the 1523 destruction of the capital of Tenochtitlan. Cortes arrived on the mainland of Mexico as a rebel against both the governor of Cuba and the king of Spain, but he won back royal support after his conquests. In this selection taken from a letter to the Spanish king, Cortes described Aztec human sacrifices and suggested that he conquer the people in the name of Christianity. Fusing description, flattery, and a belief in the power of European civilization, this letter represents an ideal window into the mind of the Spanish conquistador.

15. Web Links - Age Of European Explorations of the conquistadors of America . new Spain The Frontiers of Faith. NM s CreativeImpu;se The Development of Civilization world History exploration The http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-AgeOfExploration.ht

1492: An Ongoing Voyage Should the Ming End the Treasure Ship Voyages? Admiral Zheng He's Fleet The African Slave Trade (Spartacus Site) ... Theodore De Bry's Copper Engravings early 16c: Various documents on the Conquest of Mexico by the Spanish Venetian Portolan Chart of Greece and the Aegean area Partial Draft of Antonio Montesinos’ Sermon King Ferdinand's Letter to the Tainos ... "The Geographer" - painting by Johannes Vermeer

16. Explorers contain information about European explorers of the new world. of the Aztecs http//www.pbs.org/conquistadors/. EuropeanVoyages of exploration The 15 th and http://mcgee.berlinschools.org/Library/socstudies/explorer.htm

You may use the links below to visit web sites which contain information about European explorers of the New World. (To see web pages for specific explorers, click here Columbia Grammar School Computer Lab. Learning Web: Explorers http://www.cgps.org/cgslab/explorers.htm The Conquistadors: The Fall of the Aztecs http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/ The Discoverers Web by Andre Engels http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/ European Voyages of Exploration: The 15 th and 16 th Centuries http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ Mariners’ Museum: Age of Exploration http://mariner.org/age/menu.html South Orange New York School District. Explorers of North America http://socsd.k12.ny.us/explorers.htmlxplorers of North America ThinkQuest Explorers’ Hall of Fame http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4034/hall_of_fame.html ThinkQuest Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=explorers Virtual Museum of New France http://www.vmnf.civilization.ca/explor/explcd_e.html

17. Homework Help: High School Subjects - Social Studies / American History / Explor This site teaches you about the Spanish conquistadors in the new world – and thelegacy of their contact with Native Americans. exploration Links This is a http://www.thebeehive.org/school/high/subjects.asp?subject=106

18. Explorers Webquest Isabela, Foothold In The new world , National Geographic Christopher Columbus DiscovererOf new worlds by The conquistadors by Elizabeth Poe Kerby; exploration http://www.burke.k12.nc.us/instructionaltech/webquests/explorers/

Significant Explorers and Civilizations of the Americas A WebQuest for 5th Grade (Social Studies) Designed by Patty James pmjames@burke.k12.nc.us Introduction Task Process Evaluation ... Credits Introduction Beginning with the Vikings in the 8th century, the Americas have been explored by many people. During the 1500's and 1600's European countries began exploring across the Atlantic Ocean . Christopher Columbus was one of the first explorers to attempt this great feat. His accomplishments sparked the interest of exploration in many other countries. Explorers have had various reasons for risking their lives when setting out across the world. Marco Polo was searching for new trade routes, David Livingston traveled across Africa as a missionary, while others were motivated by the need to chart and map new areas. In this webquest, you will find out what drove the exploration for these significant explorers and how did the motives for explorations differ from country to country? The Task You will work in your assigned group to search the Internet and use print materials to identify what drove the exploration of your explorers. During your search you will be looking for certain aspects of his exploration. Once you have obtained these aspects, you will be able to complete the following:

19. Lesson Plan On The Effects Of Spanish Conquest (5th Grade) Explain how the Spanish conquistadors brought diseases, such also explain that theSpanish exploration brought Christianity a new way of life to the new world. http://www.adprima.com/social11.htm

Lesson Plan on the Effects of the Spanish Conquest Teacher: Angela DiMaio Subject: Social Studies Grade Level: 5th Date: June 12, 2000 Sunshine Strand: People, Places, and Environments. [Geography] Sunshine Standard: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment. I. Content: I want my students to understand that the effect the Spanish Conquistadors had on the New World and its inhabitants was both a blessing and a curse. II. Prerequisites: The students should have a general knowledge about the inhabitants of the New World in terms of who they were and how they lived. III. Instructional Objective: When requested, the student will describe how the Conquistadors affected the lives of the Native Americans. Included in the description must be reference to at least two places where they landed, the names of three Native people conquered, and at least three changes that occurred with each people as a result. IV Instructional Procedures: Lesson-initiating activity: The lesson begins with the teacher introducing background information on the Spanish Conquistadors. The Conquistadors came to the New World looking for Gold, God, and Glory. They wanted to conquer and expand their settlements in the New World and by doing so, they eradicated established civilizations. However, the Spanish Conquistadors did bring Christianity to the New World as well as European culture.

20. Spain In The New World To 1600 - National Park Service - Fort Raleigh National H Subsequent conquistadors followed the example set by Cortes and South Carolina (15651567);ordered exploration of the the struggle for empire in the new world. http://www.nps.gov/fora/test/spain.htm

SPAIN IN THE NEW WORLD TO 1600 Bristol Mariners seem to have visited Canada in the 1480s, and Christopher Columbus may have learned of, and been inspired by, their voyages. In 1492, William Ayers, an Irishman undoubtedly familiar with English activities, sailed with Columbus on the Santa Maria. In 1497 and 1498 John Cabot, like Columbus a Genoese expatriate, explored eastern Canada under the English flag. By 1502 Englishmen were trading in Newfoundland and parts south, and organizing syndicates, some involving Azorean Portuguese, to exploit the fisheries there. England did not miss the entire European rediscovery of the Western Hemisphere, but did retire early. While England slept, Spain became dominant in the New World and on the high seas. The Caribbean and the Mainland In 1493, during his second voyage, Columbus founded Isabela, the first permanent Spanish settlement in the New World, on Hispaniola. After finding gold in recoverable quantities nearby, the Spanish quickly overran the island and spread to Puerto Rico in 1508, to Jamaica in 1509, and to Cuba in 1511. The natives fared badly. Many died in one-sided armed conflict with soldiers and settlers, or in forced servitude in mines and on plantations. Others died of diseases to which they had no immunity. By mid-century, the native Ciboney of Hispaniola and western Cuba were extinct, and other tribes, including the Arawak of Puerto Rico, were nearly so. Beginning in 1508, Spanish settlements sprang up on the mainland of Central and South America. In 1519, just six years after Balboa had crossed the Isthmus of Panama and claimed the entire Pacific Ocean for Spain, Pedro Arias de Avila, Balboa's father-in-law and executioner, founded the city of Panama on the Pacific coast. The same year, Hernan Cortes led a small force from Cuba to the Gulf coast of Mexico, founded Veracruz , and set about destroying the Aztec empire. Most of Mexico fell within two years. Subsequent conquistadors followed the example set by Cortes. By 1532, Francisco Pizarro, had effected the early stages of his conquest of the Inca empire of Peru. By 1550 Spain had dominion over the West Indies and Central America and its large surviving native population.

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