DescriptionBring history to life with this comprehensive Early Explorers Unit! Designed to build background knowledge and deepen understanding, this resource is packed with informational text, hands-on activities, projects, and built-in assessments to support student learning.This unit features original informational passages on eight major explorers, carefully organized into two chronological units to help students develop a clear and accurate understanding of exploration timelines and key historical events.Perfect for upper elementary social studies instruction, this resource supports reading, writing, and critical-thinking skills through rich nonfiction content and standards-aligned tasks. Available in Google Slides™, PowerPoint™, and PDF formats for flexible, print-and-digital teaching!Explorer Unit 1:★ Key Exploration Words ★ Exploring the Unknown ★ Reasons for Exploration Graphic Organizer★ Leif Erikson ★ Christopher Columbus ★ Amerigo Vespucci ★ John Cabot Explorer Unit 2:★ Ferdinand Magellan ★ Hernando DeSoto ★ Henry Hudson ★ Robert LaSalle What is included?✓ Teacher Instructions✓ Informational Text ✓ Questions Using Reading Strategies (Before/During/After, Visualizing, Determining Importance, Inference, Synthesizing)✓ Foldable Project CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION✓ Mapping Routes✓ Study Guides (2)✓ Assessments (2)✓ Craft of Columbus’s ship ✓ TIMELINE PROJECT✓ Informational Text Mini-Booklets FILES:EXPLORERS UNIT TEACHER PDF: Plans, study guides, crafts, printables, answer keys, and links for GOOGLE.EXPLORERS UNIT TEXT AND ACTIVITIES: For students, choose between Google Slides AND PowerPoint with everything from the PDF except the study guides, craft, and answer keys.EXPLORERS UNIT SELF-CHECK REVIEW: Google Slides AND a PowerPoint Self-check review for both units.QUIZZES: There are quizzes at the end of each unit in EXPLORERS TEXT AND ACTIVITIES OR there is a link to GOOGLE FORMS for automatic grading.(Be careful not to put them on a public website. For copyright purposes, websites need to be password-protected)Thank you for visiting my store!PamRockin ResourcesGO TO ROCKINRESOURCES.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS AND HOW I TEACH TO MOTIVATE, EDUCATE, DIFFERENTIATE. DON'T FORGET TO JOIN FOR THE EXCLUSIVE FREEBIE VAULT!GRAB TEACHING TIPS FROM:INSTAGRAMPINTERESTFACEBOOK★★★★★★THIS UNIT COMES IN AN AMERICAN HISTORY MEGA BUNDLE! ★★★★★★ CLICK AMERICAN HISTORY MEGA BUNDLEAre you looking for other Social Studies products?Native American UnitColonial Informational Text and Activities UnitRevolutionary BundleGovernment UnitWestward Expansion UnitCivil War UnitReconstruction UnitIndustrial Revolution UnitWorld War I UnitAmerican History Interactive Review GamesAre you looking for different products?STEP-BY-STEP WRITING PROGRAMS (GRADES 1-8) -motivate students AND boost test scores!Social Studies ResourcesGreek and Latin ResourcesNovel and Book ResourcesPoetry ResourcesReading ResourcesHoliday and Monthly ResourcesReport this resource to TPTReported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.