Updated on March 9, 2017
These websites have lessons, interactives and narrations for kids and students learning about explorers of the Americas. Some include lesson plans for teachers.
From site: It is 1804. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson has asked Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition across western North America, unknown territory for all but Indians. The goals: map the rivers, make friends with natives, open the West to…
From site: Who was in North America in 1628? How far did European influence reach? Which American Indian tribes were prominent and where? You might be surprised. Select a region to find out what was happening throughout North America in…
Take an interactive journey with Lewis & Clark as they explore the uncharted west US territories. Using an interactive log, timeline, supply lists, discoveries, photos, drawings and more, students experience each leg of the journey through the eyes of these…
From site: Conceived in 1993, and online since 1998, Discovering Lewis & Clark is a hyperhistory in progress. It is enhanced by an average of at least one new interpretive episode each month, employing a variety of multimedia techniques. The…
Mr. Nussbaum Explorers is an interactive site with profiles of 22 explorers of the Americas. Other sections include: pirates, legends and myths, a summary of the Age of Exploration, Lewis and Clark, Marco Polo and the Silk Road, and an…