Europe explores the world

Civilizations in the Americas before Columbus

• Mysterious Mayas (Mr. Donn)
• ​Incredible Incas (Mr. Donn)
• Awesome Aztecs (Mr. Donn)

Explorations

• Smallpox (part of PBS series based on "Guns, Germs, and Steel")
• Explorers game
• Colonization Cooled the Earth's Climates
• Age of explorations (Mariners Museum)
  • ​Explorers (biographies)
• Explorers of North & Central America (Enchanted Learning)
• ​Columbus and the Shape of Things to Come (Columbus wasn't trying to "go west"; good slideshow)
• Indian Ocean and Global Trade (special issue o f Saudi Aramco)
• Caravel (the type of ship used by the first explorers)
• Conquistadors (PBS)
• Mariners Museum: Activities