1. Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators - General History & Social Studies Sites biographies from Homework Central a useful collection of biography sites hundredsof links to information on discoverers and explorers, from prehistoric http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/histg.html

Students Teachers Parents For our newsletter and special teacher promotions. Ad*Access ...a content-rich site with images of over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955 AlternaTime Timelines ...a collection of historical, scientific, arts and literature, and popular culture timelines on the Web Anyday in History ...find out birthdays, death dates, and special events that happened any day of the year AskERIC Lesson Plans : Social Studies Avalon Project ...hundreds of digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government Best of History Web Sites ...a well-chosen, well-arranged, and rated list of annotated links to history Web sites of all eras Biographical Dictionary ...a searchable database of brief facts about over 25,000 persons; no citations given Biographies from Homework Central ...a useful collection of biography sites on the Net Biography Calendars: A Guide to Locating Events ...a nice compilation of various types of calendars, timelines, and other information

2. Homework Help--Famous People/Biographies--Explorers & Discoverers Famous People/biographies explorers discoverers. Conquistadors. This PBS site describes the exploits of 4 down for a lengthy annotated list of links to general explorer sites. http://squak.kcls.org/hh/bioexplorers.cfm

Library Services Find Your Library Ask a Librarian Reserve a PC Library Cards ... eBooks Good Reads Good Reads New Reads Book Clubs Youth Services Homework Help Kidspage TeenZone Library Resources eAudio Seniors ESL/Literacy Special Collections ... Conquistadors This PBS site describes the exploits of 4 famous 16th century Spanish explorers: Cortes, Pizarro, de Orellano and de Vaca. Discoverers Web Contains comprehensive list of links to discoveries and explorers from prehistoric to modern times, including an alphabetical index. Compiled by a PhD student and faculty member of a university in The Netherlands. Explorers Information about the exploration of Antarctica and biographies of the explorers is provided by the American Society of Antarctic Philatelists. Explorers of the World Created by Jim McKenzie of the Bellingham, Washington Public Schools, this site provides links to 11 land explorers and 8 sky explorers.

3. For Kids Only: Homework general Sites Gallery of Achievers; Infoplease.com biographies; Lives, The Biography discoverers/explorersdiscoverers; explorers from A to Z; Women Adventurers; http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/forkids/people.htm

Click picture to visit another page: Biographies English History Math Science Countries Homework search engines, subject guides, and resources Click here to find homework help sites and electronic encyclopedias and dictionaries. Biographies General Authors Celebrities Discoverers/Explorers ... Women General Sites: FT=full text of articles is available online (if asked to login, type in your library card number and password) A+E’s Biography.com DISCovering Most Studied Authors FT from GaleNet (to begin, press the "Authenticate" button located near the bottom of the screen) [ info Gallery of Achievers Infoplease.com Biographies Lives, The Biography Resource ... top Specific Sites Authors top Celebrities: A+E’s Biography.com Wilson A. Bentley (Snowflake Bentley) top Discoverers/Explorers Discoverers Explorers from A to Z Women Adventurers Zoom Explorers Brief biographies of many explorers top Multicultural African Americans in History Cesar E. Chavez

4. CanTeach - Resources For Educators CanTeach links to general biography sites resources 15 000 crossreferenced biographies from the Cambridge general, prime ministers, immigrants aboriginal people of Canada, explorers and military figures, and employment. discoverers http://www.track0.com/canteach/links/linkbiogeneral.html

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5. Spokane Public Library-Kids-Explorers a very good general source for information on many. explorers. explorers and discoverers encyclopedia features only discoverers and explorers. biographies are alphabetically http://www2.spokanelibrary.org/homework/explorerspathfinder.html

Explorers Looking for information on an explorer? Investigate some of the sources below! Reference Books 1998 World Book Encyclopedia Call Number: JR 031 WORLD B World Book Encyclopedia provides a very good general source for information on many explorers. Explorers and Discoverers of the World Call Number: R 910.92 EXPLORE This special encyclopedia features only discoverers and explorers. Biographies are alphabetically arranged and include famous as well as lesser-known people. Especially helpful are the lists of explorers arranged by birth and by the area they explored. Call Number: JR 910.92 SAARI Essentially the same as Explorers and Discoverers of the World, but for younger children. World Explorers and Discoverers Call Number: R 910.922 WORLD E This alphabetically arranged collection of biographies of explorers and discoverers has a list of explorers and their nationality and a list of explorers by area of exploration. Books You Can Check Out To find information about explorers and discoverers in the subject part of the online catalog, there are several ways you can search. You can type in any or all of these subjects: explorersjuvenile explorersname of countrybiography. After it comes up, look for listings with the word juvenile beside it.

6. Mrs. Mitchell's Fifth Grade Class 1 Web sites of explorers for kids to study. This site includes general information and databases as well as sites for specific explorers. At the bottom of the page, you will find our explorer poems, some timelines, and a web quest. explorers. general Sources. Specific explorers. Other. general Explorer Educational Sources explorers and discoverers. http//www Info Please - short biographies by continent http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/kimball/Classes/MITCHELL/explorer.htm

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7. External Web Links: General History - Biographies, Archives, And Other index.html Annotated hotlinks to sites about early explorers and discoverers. Historyhttp//www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/ biographies and American http://www.allhallows.com/academy/genhist.htm

External Links Links: List Contents Children Parents Teachers ... Academy Home General History ( Archives, Biographies, and Other ) Introduction The General History links include Biographies of notable men and women of all nations for all historical epochs. The World History Archives section contains primary world history document collections ( which may include some U.S. documents ). The Other General History section contains multi-epoch and other difficult to categorize world history sites. For references to specific periods in history, see the appropriate World History or United States History pages. For recent world-wide news and propaganda refer to the Current Affairs page. General History Links Biographies 4000 Years of Women in Science http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/ Biographies of over 125 women involved in the sciences before the 1900s. African-American Warriors http://www.abest.com/~cklose/aawar.htm Black military personnel, from American Revolutionary times to the present. African-American Women http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections

8. Page 8 general American History. biographies. Iditarod. Government. explorers. explorers.discoverers Web. discoverers by Alphabet. Columbus and Other Great explorers. http://www.rc255.will.k12.il.us/bes/beslmc/BESGrade5.html

Fifth Grade Harcourt Brace Social Studies: Early United States Native Americans Explorers Revolutionary War ... Go back to home page Native American Sites Tribes, A-H Tribes, I-M Tribes, N-P Tribes, Q-Z ... Back to Top of Page Explorers Explorers Discoverers Web Discoverers by Alphabet Columbus and Other Great Explorers ... Seeds of Change Garden (Food in the New World) Back to Top of Page Colonial America Jamestown Rediscovery Virtual Jamestown Pilgrim sites Colonial Kids: A Celebration of Life in the 1700s ... Back to Top of Page Revolutionary War Revolutionary Webquest Flags of the American Revolution American Revolution Home Page The American Revolution (by KidsKonnect) Women in the American Revolution People of the Revolution Biographies of the Founding Fathers Notable Women of Early America ... Back to Top of Page Westward Movement American West Westward Expansion - links and more links! The West Oregon Trail Wagons West! webquest on the Oregon Trail Overland Trail The Wild, Wild West Pioneers Lewis and Clark ... Donner Online Covered Wagons: Wagons on the Trail West Prairie Schooners Wagon Train People in the West: Biographical Dictionary of People in the West For Pictures: Alta Vista Images Google Images Quote to include on the opening screen of your multimedia program: Back to Top of Page Civil War, Slavery

9. CanTeach: Links: Social Studies: Biographies - General Biography Sites aboriginal people of Canada, explorers and military discoverers Web links to wwwsites with information World and History Links to biographies of important http://www.canteach.ca/links/linkbiogeneral.html

Resources Links Discuss Submit ... Biographies General Biography Sites Includes a searchable and browsable online collection of 15,000 cross-referenced biographies from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. Biographical Dictionary More than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. It can be searched by names, birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, and other keywords. The Biography Maker Online lessons help writers with biographies through questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling. Includes other links to biograpy resources. Canadian Portraits Discoverers Web links to www sites with information on voyages of exploration and discovery, including Canada. Famous Hispanics in the World and History Links to biographies of important hispanic figures. Kings and Queens of Europe A History of Royalty from the year 955 to today. Lives, the Biography Resource Thousands of annotated links to biography-related sites cataloged by individual names and biography collections, also including journals, diaries, memoirs, correspondence, oral histories, narratives, and more. Mr. Showbiz Star Bios

10. Bowdoin College / Academics / History / Courses / General The discoverers' Web and has lists of biographies of many the ones who we have readabout in The discoverers . list of explorers, a list of explorers who did http://academic.bowdoin.edu/history/courses/f00/his023/html/exploration-general.

academics history courses General Exploration Links Pre-Modern http://home.rmci.net/khwmd/ Kevin Goodhue The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/eurvoya/ Sadie Wieschoff Modern Explorers http://www.ife.org For thirty years, Dr. Ballard worked for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, from where he coordinated his famous expedition for the sunken ocean liner Titanic. However, over the past few years, Bob has built a new research facility in Mystic, Connecticut and moved down to Long Island Sound. The Institute for Exploration (IFE) is Dr. Ballard's new home and he is presently conducting his exploration of the Black Sea and the myth of the biblical flood from Mystic. Michael Brennan http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/sci Sponsored by the American Academy of Achievement, this web site profiles four explorers and numerous scientists who have contributed to advances in modern exploration and science. Sir Edmund Hillary, Robert Ballard, Sylvia Earl, and Admiral Alan Shepard Jr. are the profiled explorers. For each explorer there is a paragraph long profile, a longer biography, an extensive interview, and numerous pictures that provide a very solid foundation for someone in the preliminary stages of research. Claire Black Ancient to Modern http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/index.html

11. SCPLS-Kids' People E biographies Biographical Dictionary discoverers' biographies explorers of the CraftResources Dinosaurs Florida Games general Resources Holiday http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/kids_people.html

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12. Biography explorers discoverers Web New This very Spartan site gets the job done with itsAZ directory. general A E biographies New Biography Web pages based on the http://distancelearn.about.com/cs/biography/

zfp=-1 About Education Distance Learning Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Distance Learning with David W.Butler Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects ESSENTIALS Site Description Introduction to Distance Learning Distance Learning FAQs ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement Biography Guide picks Want to know who is, or who was who? These online resources offer life histories of actors and actresses, authors, artists, inventors, Nobel Prize winners, even saints, from the ancient world to the present. African Studies – African Diaspora Biography Links to quality biography collections on prominent African Americans have been gathered by Columbia University. African Writers: The Voices of Change This collection from the University of Florida offers short biographical sketches, lists major works and provides related Web sites for 20th century African literature and African writers. Afro Americans in the Sciences: African Americans in Science Profiled here are African American men and women who have contributed to the advancement of science and engineering.

13. Research Unit Ideas general. biographies. general History Links. If you have any good websites pleasemail them to rmiller@nsd.org. explorers 5th Grade. discoverers by Alphabet -. http://ahweb.norshore.wednet.edu/library/research.html

Research Second Grade Penguins Third Grade Animals and Bugs Plants/Flowers Salmon Fourth Grade Oregon Trails/Pioneers Washington State Topics Fifth Grade American Revolution Colonial America Explorers Native American ... State Reports Sixth Grade Canada Country Reports Solar System/Planets General Biographies General History Links If you have any good websites please mail them to: rmiller@nsd.org EXPLORERS - 5th Grade Discoverers by Alphabet - Discoverers Web http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html BIOGRAPHY Catagorical index of Special Guests - Listings of Presidents, Artists, Poets, Leaders, and many other categories. Salmon The Salmon Page - Page hosted by Riverdale School The Salmon Web Page Oregon Trail/Pioneers- 4th grade Oregon Trail Famous Western Pioneers and Frontiermen Dodge City Kansas Revolutionary War - 5th Grade Revolution to Revolution (and what happened) State Reports / Country Reports - Stately Knowledge - Internet Public Library - information on each STATE CIA Fact File - Information on each COUNTRY United States Department of State Background Notes - Current Information on each COUNTRY Kid's Web Japan Native American Studies American Revolution - 5th Grade Archiving Early America - (Great Maps) History Place - American Revolution Canada - 6th Grade Social Studies Planet Earth Homepage - Country Canada Canada Fact Sheets Government of Canada Primary Internet Site (Canada Site) is the Internet electronic access point through which Internet users around the world can obtain information about Canada, its government and its services. Direct links are also provided from this site to government departments and agencies that have Internet facilities.

14. Biography Biography, Authors, general Sources, Biographical Dictionary, biographies; HomeworkCenter. Celebrity Email, discoverers/explorers, Exploring Magnets, http://hs.n-polk.k12.ia.us/departments/Media/bio.html

Biography 100 Moms : LibrarySpot.com Feature ABC Newsmaker Bios Academy of Achievement African American Biographies American National Biography ... Authors , General Sources Biographical Dictionary Biographies; Homework Center Biography Center : LibrarySpot.com Feature Biography Dictionary Biography.com Biography; Infoplease.com Biography of America ... WWI Biographical Dictionary See also specific subjects, including: See also American History See also Art See also Aviation See also Baseball See also Currency/Economics/Business See also Discoverers/Explorers See also Drama See also English See also History See also Literature See also Mathematics See also Music See also Poetry See also Radio, Motion Pictures and Television/Entertainment See also Religions See also Science See also Space Sciences See also Writing Search further with Biography Search Engine Search further with Search Engines Return to the Reference/Subject Links I welcome feedback about this page or the site links.

15. Biographical Sources The Cold War Reference Guide A general History With Selected biographies.Congress A to Z. explorers and discoverers of the World. http://www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl/biograph.html

John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library Purdue University 1531 Stewart Center West Lafayette, IN Voice: Fax: Email: ugrlref@lib.purdue.edu Prepared by John Riley Last update: Jun 03, 2002 John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library Undergraduate Library Bibliographies BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES General The Arts Journalism Literature ... Theatre and Motion Pictures All titles listed are located in the Reference Collection of the Undergraduate Library (UGRL) unless otherwise indicated. For further information or assistance, ask at the Reference and Information Desk. You may use the sources listed below as a starting point in locating information about individuals. These indexes will lead you to other books or articles that contain biographical information derived from a variety of sources. http://ww w.lib.pur due.edu THOR Indexes -OR- 1980 (8 volume set) 1985 (5 volume set) (UGRL) 1946-19 90 (HSSE) 1946- http://ww w.lib.pur due.edu THOR Indexes also A comprehensive index of biographical sketches in current and retrospective reference books covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Available in both print and electronic format. The online version contains nearly 12 million entries. Biography Index Indexes all types of biographical material appearing in books and periodicals. Arranged alphabetically by last name, with a section listing biographees by occupation or profession.

16. General History biographies links to common biographies students often need for reports; hundredsof links to information on discoverers and explorers, from prehistoric http://www.marian.com/LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER/History-general history and social

Ad*Access ...a content-rich site with images of over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955 AlternaTime Timelines ...a collection of historical, scientific, arts and literature, and popular culture timelines on the Web Anyday in History ...find out birthdays, death dates, and special events that happened any day of the year Avalon Project ...hundreds of digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government Biographical Dictionary ...a searchable database of brief facts about over 25,000 persons; no citations given Biographies ...links to common biographies students often need for reports Biography Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index ...a great source of information for secondary school students which includes timely editorial cartoons Discoverers Web ...a text-based page with hundreds of links to information on discoverers and explorers, from prehistoric man through modern day Education Calendar ...a monthly posting of significant historical events with links to related Internet sites Evening News Abstracts ...a great place to read abstracts of what was going on every day since 1968 Eyewitness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It ...a presentation of first-hand accounts of pivotal events in history; includes photographs, pictures, sound files, additional resources, and bibliographic citations

17. Reference Desk Religion. Antiques Collectibles. explorers/discoverers. Law Encyclopedias. ScienceProjects. biographies. Gardening / Plants. Business. general Reference. Maps. http://www.anniston.lib.al.us/referencelinks.htm

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18. General History Links discoverers Web http//www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels provides all you need to know,with biographies of famous and secondary sources, a list of explorers who died http://www.nksd.wednet.edu/schools/nkhigh/Library/general_history_links.htm

General History Links American and British History Resources on the Net http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml Links are organized into Reference Resources (including documents, maps, treaties, book reviews), History Gateways and Text Sites, Titles by Historic Period, Archival and Manuscripts Guides, and Other Net Resources (associations, societies, directories). There are presently two sub-pages for specific subjects: Internet Resources for Students of Afro-American History and Civil War Resources on the Internet: Abolitionism to Reconstruction. Any Day in History http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/ This site lacks glitz but gives extensive information on births, deaths, and events on any given day in history. It even lists those declared missing in action. Discoverers Web http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm

19. Homework Help--Famous People/Biographies--Explorers & Discoverers The Oregon Trail discoverers explorers This site, from Idaho State University,describes the men and Zoom explorers Brief biographies with pictures http://www.kcls.org/hh/bioexplorers.cfm

Library Services Find Your Library Ask a Librarian Reserve a PC Library Cards ... eBooks Good Reads Good Reads New Reads Book Clubs Youth Services Homework Help Kidspage TeenZone Library Resources eAudio Seniors ESL/Literacy Special Collections ... Conquistadors This PBS site describes the exploits of 4 famous 16th century Spanish explorers: Cortes, Pizarro, de Orellano and de Vaca. Discoverers Web Contains comprehensive list of links to discoveries and explorers from prehistoric to modern times, including an alphabetical index. Compiled by a PhD student and faculty member of a university in The Netherlands. Explorers Information about the exploration of Antarctica and biographies of the explorers is provided by the American Society of Antarctic Philatelists. Explorers of the World Created by Jim McKenzie of the Bellingham, Washington Public Schools, this site provides links to 11 land explorers and 8 sky explorers.

20. Discoverers Web Homepage - Links And Information On Voyages Of Discovery The Multnomah County Library Homework Center organizes over 3500 carefully reviewed K12 education and homework help resources for students, teachers, media specialists, and librarians. australia/explore/. Brief biographies of explorers of Australia including of Congress exhibit. discoverers Web. http// www. the index of explorers. Includes brief biographies and a http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery

Discoverers Web In this project I try to gather all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration. If you have found a source not represented on these pages, or if you have noticed any link on this page to be not working correctly, please (I'm begging you!) contact me Apart from this page on this site there is: A large number of biographies and link pages on single explorers or subjects. A special page for multi-page sites on voyages of discovery. An alphabetical list of explorers Exploring is risky business - a list of explorers who died during their voyages A list of changes to these pages Information on the email list discovery@win.tue.nl Awards for these pages Allowance to copy material from these pages and restrictions thereon Explorers by period or region The ancient world This subject now is divided into separate pages with more extensive information: The first explorers (including Egypt, Crete) Phoenicia and Carthage Greek explorers The Roman period The Medieval period This subject now is divided into separate pages with more extensive information: Irish and Vikings The Medieval period (Asiatic and other voyages in the period 1100-1350) The Age of Discovery The first part of this subject now is divided into separate pages with more extensive information: The coast of Africa The Portuguese empire (including the first voyages to India) Christophorus Columbus Other early voyages to America: See North and Central America North America South America Asia ... Non-Western Explorers maintainer of this page:

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