Description
This European Explorers Color by Number and Text Marking activity is the perfect way to bring life to the topic! Topics in the European Explorers reading passage include Age of Exploration, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, and Ponce de Leon.
Students complete a “before reading” anticipation guide, read about the European Explorers, answers questions, mark the text for evidence, color the picture according to their answer, and complete the “after reading” anticipation guide.
This is a great cross-curriculum activity that also practices Language Arts skills and citing evidence. You can use this European Explorers activity to assess prior knowledge. You can use this activity as a unit review. Lastly, you could use the student worksheet as a quiz or formative and then let them color as a reward! You choose what works best for you.
This is a fun, colorful activity that allows students to show mastery while relaxing, learning and coloring in their answers. This is also perfect for emergency sub plans! Hang the finished product in the hall for teachers and students to stop and admire.
What’s Included:
•1 Word design
•12 questions
•1 Reading Passage
•1 Anticipation Guide
What do you need?
Crayons, markers or colored pencils
The following colors will be used: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
Blue, Brown, Purple
(all standard colors)
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Haley H. –
My students love these to make social studies passages more engaging and fun.
Jennifer W. –
This was a great resource to review European explorers with my students! Thank you!
Rebecca R. –
Used after we learned about the explorers. Wasn’t their first time with the information so they enjoyed looking for the details.
Traci D. –
This was very easy for me to prep and it worked well for a guest teacher activity!
Fifth in the Foothills –
This was a great resource to use in my classroom!
amanda kowal –
I love the resources from Think Tank. My students were very engaged in this color by number!
Jaime D. –
The kids really enjoyed this activity as a follow up to studying the European explorers. It was a fun way to finish out a unit.
Jodi Z –
This is a great resource. I have enjoyed using it in my classroom! Thank you!
Mrs G in Elementary –
I love these color by code activities for Social Studies. Students need to read informational text, answer questions, and highlight text evidence within the text. My students are usually actively engaged in this activity, especially when they do it with a partner.
Samantha N. –
I’ve used this as a choice board option with my kids for our explorers unit and it fit in perfectly. The coloring makes them excited to hunt the answers down in the passage. It was well written and engaging for students.
Erin L. –
This was a really fun and engaging activity for my class.
Kimberly G. –
I love these reading passages and text marking passages. I use them to supplement our textbook. My students love them and are excited when I pull one out. The passage information is interesting and well organized.
Layne B. –
I used this as sub plans and the students talked about how much they enjoyed this!
Andrea J. –
This was very interactive! It appealed to my students in a variety of ways.
Lorie B. –
Easy to use and student-friendly. Students were really engaged. My students love these! I post the clues around the room in plastic sleeves…students know what to do.
Katie H. –
This was a wonderful activity to introduce the Age of Exploration to my students. They love getting to color after they have completed the reading, and the Pre-Reading Questions make for an awesome bellringer activity the next class!
Kimberly E. –
Complete, low prep activity for a sub. Thanks for sharing.
Jessica A. –
It is a great resource to introduce and reinforce lessons that have been taught.
Brenda Padilla –
These color by numbers are fabulous for review and extra practice! Kids love them!
Hannah B. –
My students were really engaged in the reading and highlighting of text evidence. It was awesome to see the conversations that were sparked.