Explorer Literacy Activities
This section contains more than 100 hundred printable and online literacy activities dedicated to explorers. Scroll below to see all of them
 
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Italian and Portuguese Explorers
Title Format Grade Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback? Narration?
Marco Polo O 4 + /810 170 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Marco Polo P 4 + /810 170 Passage/Questions No No
Marco Polo O 5 + /1000 170 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Marco Polo P 5 + /1000 507 Fact or Fiction No No
Marco Polo P 4 + /N/A N/A Topic Sentence/Details No No
Marco Polo - the Pool Game (LOL) P/O 4/6+ 800/1050 182/321 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Portuguese Exploration in the New World P/O 4/6 850/1000 380/532 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Portuguese Explorers in the New World O 5+ N/A Short Answer Auto-Grade Writing Prompt Yes No
Vasco da Gama P 6 + /1200 538 Passage/Questions No No
Prince Henry P 6 + /1200 203 Passage/Questions No No
Prince Henry's School of Navigation O 5+ N/A Super Cloze Series Yes Yes

Spanish Explorers
Title Format Grade Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback? Narration?
The Conquistadors P/O 4/6; 720-920 391; 505 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
The Columbian Exchange P/O 4+/6 ; 800/1000 415; 528 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Spanish Explorers in the New World O 5+ N/A Short Answer Auto-Grade Writing Prompt Yes No
Christopher Columbus P 5 + /1000 363 Passage/Questions No No
Christopher Columbus O 5 + /1000 363 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Christopher Columbus P 5 + /1000 363 Fact or Fiction No No
Christopher Columbus O 5 + /1000 363 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Christopher Columbus P 5 + / 900 N/A Topic Sentence/Details No No
Ponce de Leon P 5 + /1000 407 Passage/Questions No No
Ponce de Leon O 5 + /1000 407 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Ponce de Leon O 4 + /NA N/A Cloze Reading Yes No
Francisco Coronado O 6 + /1210 578 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Francisco Coronado P 6 + /1210 578 Passage/Questions No No
Hernando de Soto P 6 + /1200 651 Passage/Questions No No
Vasco Nunez de Balboa P 6 + /1200 471 Passage/Questions No No
Ferdinand Magellan O 4.5+/900 534 Passage/Questions Yes Yes
Ferdinand Magellan P 4.5+/900 534 Passage/Questions No No
Ferdinand Magellan P 4.5+/900 534 Fact or Fiction No No
Ferdinand Magellan P 4.5+/900 534 Sequencing No No
Ferdinand Magellan P 4.5+/900 534 Main Idea and Supporting Facts No No
Ferdinand Magellan O 4.5+/900 534 Fact or Fiction Yes No
The First Circumnavigation O 5 + N/A Super Cloze Series Yes Yes
The Search for the Seven Cities of Cibola O 5 + N/A Super Cloze Series Yes Yes

French Explorers
Title Format Grade Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback? Narration?
Jacques Cartier P 6+ / 1200 470 Passage and Questions No No
Jacques Cartier P 6+ / 1200 470 Fact or Fiction No No
Jacques Cartier P 6+ / 1200 470 Fact or Fiction Yes No
The Search for the Northwest Passage P/O 4+/6 / 720 and 920 411; 527 Passage and Questions Yes Yes
Cartier/Champlain P N/A N/A Comparing and Contrasting No No
Robert Sieur de la Salle P 5+ / 1000 533 Passage and Questions No No

English Explorers
Title Format Grade Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback? Narration?
Queen Elizabeth I P/O 4-6/ 750-950 428; 584 Passage and Questions Yes Yes
The Search for the Northwest Passage P/O 4-6/ 720-920 413; 542 Passage and Questions Yes Yes
John Cabot P 6+ / 1100 430 Passage and Questions No No
The Plunders of Sir Francis Drake P/O 4-6/ 750-950 420; 574 Passage and Questions Yes Yes
Sir Francis Drake P 6+ / 1200 595 Passage and Questions No No
Sir Francis Drake O 6+ / 1200 595 Passage and Questions Yes Yes
Capt. James Cook P 6+ / 1100 512 Passage and Questions No No

Age of Exploration
Title Format Grade Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback? Narration?
Age of Exploration P 5 + / 1000 489 Passage and Questions No No
Age of Exploration O 5 + / 1000 489 Passage and Questions Yes Yes
Scurvy P 5+ / 1000 214 Passage and Questions No No
Scurvy O 5+ / 1000 214 Passage and Questions Yes Yes
The Kraken P 6+ / 1100 332 Passage and Questions No No
The Kraken O 6 + / 1100 332 Passage and Questions Yes Yes

American Explorers
Title Format Grade Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback? Narration?
Lewis and Clark O NA NA Cloze Reading Yes No
Lewis and Clark P 5+ / 1000 395 Main Idea-focused Passage and Questions No No
Lewis and Clark P 5 +/ 1000 395 Sequence-focused Passage and Questions No No
Lewis and Clark P 5 + /1000 395 Vocabulary-focused Passage and Questions No No
Lewis and Clark P 5 + /1000 395 Details-focused Passage and Questions No No
Lewis and Clark O 5 + / 1000 395 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Sacagawea P 4 + / 900 282 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Sacagawea O 4 + / 900 282 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Sacagawea P 4 + / 900 282 Fact or Fiction No No
William Clark P 4 / 850 259 Fact or Fiction No No
Meriwether Lewis P 4 + / 900 323 Fact or Fiction No No
Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates P 4 + / 900 228 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates O 4 + / 900 228 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Pirates
Title Format Grade Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback? Narration?
Blackbeard P 5 + / 1000 383 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Blackbeard P 4 + / NA NA Cloze Reading No No
Blackbeard O 4 + / NA NA Cloze Reading Yes No
Blackbeard O 4 + /1000 383 Passage and Crossword Yes No
Blackbeard O 4 + / 1000 383 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Sir Henry Morgan O 5 + /1000 416 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Anne Bonny O 5 + / 1000 448 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Anne Bonny P 5 + / 1000 448 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Anny Bonny O 5 + / 1000 448 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Pirates P 5+ / 1000 448 Text Structures No No
Buccaneers P 3 + / 750 152 Passage and 5 Questions No No
Buccaneers O 4 + /N/A NA Cloze Reading Yes No 
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