Famous Americans

This site has specific information about each of the famous people discussed during third grade, including all four explorers.

http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/Third.html

Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Cartier,& Christopher Newport

Scroll down to Juan Ponce de Leon and click on the name to get information.

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/technology/bios

 Christopher Columbus

I'm a Hero History: Christopher Columbus

Site provides the major highlights of his life and work.

http://www.imahero.com/../../herohistory/christopher_herohistory.htm

Christopher Columbus Biography

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdcolum.htm

Enchanted Learning: RL is appropriate and has good images.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml

BIO/Routes

http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Matsumoto/TM30/history/Explorers/colom.html

Columbus’s Ships

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/ships.htm

Christopher Newport

Enchanted Learning- Only text, no images.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexn.shtml

PDF file … Simple, concise, text.

  Juan Ponce de Leon

Enchanted Learning -  Text and few images.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/deleon.shtml

Juan Ponce de Leon - Resource material on Juan Ponce de Leon.

http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/ponce.html

Biography of Ponce de Leon

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm

Jacques Cartier

Enchanted Learning only text and map route.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexc.shtml

French Explorers: Most of the information  is about Cartier

http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ageofex/french.php

Link to Routes