Students will learn about eight European Explorers who made voyages during the Age of Exploration exploring for trade routes, searching for riches, seeking resources, and converting others to Christianity. This lesson has different components that can be used in a variety of ways. There are the reading activities, station work, Rate the Mate! activity (modeled loosely after Breaking Away from the Textbook), Hero/Wanted Posters, and Task Cards. All can be used together, separately, or just the pi