Product Review

History Pockets-Explorers of North America, Grades 4 6+, contains eleven discovery pockets. The introduction pocket gives an overview of exploration throughout North America. The other pockets feature ten famous explorers and their journeys.

Each of the pockets contains:

-a reproducible pocket label
-a bookmark of short fun facts about the subject
-a reference map of the voyage(s) made by the explorer
-a fact sheet of background information for teacher and students
-arts and crafts projects
-writing activities

Evaluation forms are provided at the end of the book for teacher and student assessment purposes

The book includes the following pockets:

-Introduction to Explorers of North America-Christopher Columbus-John Cabot-Hernando Cortes-Jacques Cartier-Sir Francis Drake-Henry Hudson-Daniel Boone-James Cook-Lewis and Clark-John Wesley Powell

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.