Explorers and Pirates on the Map — All Six Workbooks

All six workbooks: Explorers on the Map and Pirates on the Map, each at Elementary (Grades 2–4), Middle School (Grades 5–8) and High School (Grades 9–12). 26 true voyages and 657 pages in all.

Explorers: Leif Erikson · Zheng He · Christopher Columbus · John Cabot · Vasco da Gama · Amerigo Vespucci · Pedro Álvares Cabral · Ferdinand Magellan · Francis Drake · James Cook.

Pirates: Hayreddin Barbarossa · Francis Drake · Thomas Cavendish · Grace O'Malley · Piet Heyn · Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) · Henry Morgan · William Dampier · Henry Every · William Kidd · Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy · Blackbeard (Edward Teach or Thatch) · Anne Bonny and Mary Read · Bartholomew Roberts · Ching Shih (Zheng Yi Sao) · Jean Lafitte.

Every unit has a route map, key words, a reading, multiple choice, a fill-in-the-blank with a mixed word bank, a timeline and think-and-write questions; middle and high school add a primary source, and high school an essay.

Multiple choice done fairly: the right letters are spread evenly over A, B, C and D, never three of one letter in a row, and the right answer is not usually the longest one, so guessing patterns don’t work. The word banks are mixed: some words don’t fit anywhere.

Every unit matches a free map tour on getridoftheteacher.com — a little ship sails the real route on a satellite map and tells the story — and the same questions are free as online quizzes at getridoftheteacher.com/history-quiz. Watch, then work.

Printable PDF, US Letter, answer key at the back. Instant download. Print and copy as often as you like for one home or one classroom.