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Concord Elementary

5900 Concord Ave South, Edina, MN 55424

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      Online Encyclopedias: (Try these first)
      Scholastic Go! Encyclopedia
               For access from home, use the login and password given at school.
      Britannica Online Encyclopedia
               For access from home, use the login and password given at school.


      Helpful for Almost Every Explorer:
      Zoom Explorers (search by last name)
      Duckster's Explorers
      Mr. Nussbaum's Explorer Profiles
      The Mariner's Museum
      Biography.com


      Individual Explorers:.
      Vasco Nunez de Balboa
      BRITANNICA: Balboa (selectLevel 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Balboa
      About.com: Biography of Vaco Nunez de Balboa
      History.com: Vasco Nunez de Balboa
      A Biography of Balboa
       

      Christopher Columbus
      BRITANNICA: Christopher Columbus (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Columbus  
      About.com: 10 Facts About Christopher Columbus
      History.com: Christopher Columbus
      Christopher Columbus Journal Entries
      Christopher Columbus Letter to the King and Queen

      Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
      BRITANNICA: Coronado (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Coronado
      History.com: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
      PBS Biography: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
      PBS: Coronado Report to the King in 1540

      Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

      Jacques Cartier
      BRITANNICA: Cartier (select Level 2 for more detail)

      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Cartier
      About.com: Jacques Cartier

      History.com: Jacques Cartier

      Hernando Cortez
      BRITANNICA: Cortez  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Cortez
      About.com: Biography of Hernando Cortez
      History.com: Hernando Cortez
      PBS: Fall of the Aztecs

      Bartolomeu Dias
      BRITANNICA: Dias  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Dias
      History.com: Bartolomeu Dias

      Sir Francis Drake
      BRITANNICA: Drake  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Drake

      History.com: Sir Frances Drake

      Vasco da Gama
      BRITANNICA: Da Gama  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Da Gama
      History.com: Vasco da Gama

      Henry Hudson
      BRITANNICA: Hudson (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Hudson
      History.com: Henry Hudson

      Robert Cavalier de la Salle
      BRITANNICA: De La Salle (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: De La Salle
      About.com: Biography of Explorer Robert Cavalier de La Salle

      Juan Ponce de Leon
      BRITANNICA: De Leon  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: De Leon
      About.com: Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth
      History.com: Ponce de Leon 
      Find out about Leon's sad death!

      Ferdinand Magellan
      BRITANNICA: Magellan  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Magellan
      About.com: Biography of Ferdinand Magellan
      History.com: Ferdinand Magellan

      Francisco Pizarro
      BRITANNICA: Pizarro  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Pizarro
      About.com: Biography of Francisco Pizarro
      About.com: 10 Facts About Francisco Pizarro 
      History.com: Francisco Pizarro

      PBS: Conquest of the Incas

      Marco Polo
      KIDS DISCOVER: MARCO POLO
      BRITANNICA: Marco Polo  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Marco Polo 
      About.com: Biography of Marco Polo

      History.com: Marco Polo
      Marco Polo's Asia
      Map of Marco Polo's Journey

      Hernando de Soto
      BRITANNICA: De Soto  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: De Soto
      History.com: Hernando de Soto

      Amerigo Vespucci
      BRITANNICA: Vespucci  (select Level 2 for more detail)
      SCHOLASTIC GO!: Vespucci
      About.com: Amerigo Vespucci

      History.com: Amerigo Vespucci

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    Concord Elementary

    5900 Concord Ave South

    Edina, MN 55424

    Phone: 952-848-4300

    Fax: 952-848-4301

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