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European Exploration of the Northeast

2nd Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

10 lessons

Goal

Trace early European voyages across the Atlantic, evaluate explorers' motives and maps, and analyze first contacts with Indigenous peoples.

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  1. Why Europeans Sailed West: Routes and ResourcesUp next
  2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean: Navigation and HardshipsNot started yet
  3. John Cabot and the Voyages to NewfoundlandNot started yet
  4. Giovanni da Verrazzano: Exploring the Northeast CoastYou are here
  5. Bartholomew Gosnold and the Naming of Cape CodNot started yet
  6. Samuel de Champlain: Mapping New England HarborsNot started yet
  7. John Smith and the Naming of New EnglandNot started yet
  8. How Explorers Described Native Peoples and LandsNot started yet
  9. Comparing 17th-Century Maps with Modern MapsNot started yet
  10. The Impact of Early Contact: Trade and EpidemicsNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-ma3.T3.2Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Trace on a map the voyages of European explorers of the Northeast coast of North America (e.g., Giovanni Caboto [John Cabot], Bartholomew Gosnold, Giovanni de Verrazano, John Smith, Samuel de Champlain).