Resources in our Library:
Check our
School Library Catalog
School Library Catalog




for Biographies of Individual Explorers (both books and websites).

Collective Biographies:
920 A - Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers
920 L - Great Lives: Exploration

Reference Section

Ref 910 - Explorers and Exploration, 11 vol.

Ref 920 - Explorers and Discoverers of the World

Ref 920 - Encyclopedia of World Biography

Other Non-Fiction
910 - lots of books about the Age of Exploration!
911 - Atlas of Exploration (Info and maps for each explorer) Use other atlases of world history (on the atlas stand)
Also check 970.1 (for early exploration of North America

Subscription Databases
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For Magazine articles, Reference sources, etc.
• From the TVLR page, choose Gale Student Resources in Context (Or click on the icon above). Your id # is twinvalley
---Click “proceed.”
Enter the last name, first name of your person. i.e. Brown, John
• You may find Reference Sources, Magazine articles, Primary Sources, or Multimedia.
• Look in the “Reference Sources” tab for an article marked “biography”

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Other HELPFUL WEBSITES:
Zoom Explorers - An "Enchanted Learning Site" Provides brief information on an extensive list of explorers, with links to more information for many of them. This is a good place to begin. Check the alphabetical list, or choose an area of the world or a time period

American Journeys - Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement (for primary sources)

Mr. Morrison's Class:

Exploration project.doc

GoogleMAPS.doc

SAS.doc

link to SAS

Age of Exploration Rubric.doc

Keep track of your sources(Works Cited info)