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Still image from: World Explorers: John Smith (Spanish)
4 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Juan Ponce de León (Spanish)
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Ruins of a building made of limestone bricks with greenery in the front. The left of the building has a arch with a cross and 4 small windows with iron bells. Caption. Serra founded 9 missions to convert Native Americans.
World Explorers
Episode 22
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Junípero Serra (Spanish)
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Sepia-tone map with a label in Gothic-style text that reads, "A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track," with other illegible text underneath. Caption. Mapping the territory and discovering its resources.
World Explorers
Episode 23
6 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Lewis & Clark (Spanish)
6 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Color illustration of a lazy river between rolling hills covered in trees in reds, yellow, and oranges.  Caption. Marquette had heard about the great river.
World Explorers
Episode 27
3 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Louis Jolliet & Jacques Marquette (Spanish)
4 minutes
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Illustration of Marco Polo wearing red coat and furry cap holding a sword and bow and arrow. His image is superimposed over a color map with a compass rose and Gothic-style text, enclosed by elaborate patterned border. Caption. Marco Polo returned with amazing tales.
World Explorers
Episode 3
5 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Marco Polo (Spanish)
5 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Black and white closeup image of explorers Matthew Henson on the left and Robert Peary on the right. Both are wearing fur-lined hoods and furry coats. Caption. Became the first 2 people to reach the top of the world.
World Explorers
Episode 25
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Matthew Henson & Robert Peary (Spanish)
5 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Person in a space suit with the helmet removed, the moon in the background. Caption: Neil Alden Armstrong commanded a mission to the moon
World Explorers
Episode 28
5 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Neil Armstrong (Spanish)
5 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Sepia-tone sketch of 3 conquistadors in armor carrying a wounded soldier over a dead soldier. 2 wooden gun stocks are on each side of the screen. Caption. Ponce de León was wounded in the battle.
World Explorers
Episode 9
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Sepia-tone sketch of explorer Robert de La Salle in a colonial-style uniform taking a fur from a Native American while 2 other colonists smoke pipes and watch. Caption. La Salle established himself as a fur trader in Montréal.
World Explorers
Episode 21
4 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Robert de La Salle (Spanish)
4 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Brown and tan map of the Northeast United States, including the Great Lakes, with a portion highlighted in blue and labeled, "New France." Caption. Samuel de Champlain secured France's piece of the New World.
World Explorers
Episode 19
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: World Explorers: Samuel de Champlain (Spanish)
4 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
ASL
Black and white sketch of 3 conquistadors in uniform looking at a man in wide-brimmed hat and fancy coat gesturing toward a sign that reads, "Croatoan." Caption. To this day, their disappearance remains a mystery.
World Explorers
Episode 16
5 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8