Teaching European Explorers in Elementary Art Class

"There Be Monsters!" is a fun and open-ended elementary art sub lesson that integrates the study of early explorers with mapmaking and sea monsters.

There are 21 slides that include many from maps from the age of Columbus. There are lots of strange sea creatures on these maps! The students will talk about what they see in the slides and then create a map of an imaginary place with their own unique sea monsters.

It was written with an art sub in mind, but can be taught by classroom teachers and art teachers as well.

You can find this lesson in my Teachers Pay Teachers store: Art Sub Lessons.

This particular lesson was written for 3rd through 5th grade, but if you are interested in an early explorers art lesson for middle school, check out this lesson: Explorers and Sea Monsters