lesson
The Norse: First Europeans in North America
Describe Viking voyages led by Leif Erikson around 1000 CE, the settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, and early encounters with Indigenous peoples.
Updated 1 month ago · 2 views
Premium Lesson
This lesson is part of a track
Public learning track
Early European Exploration and Atlantic Encounters
10 lessons
Goal
Analyze primary sources to trace 15th- and 16th-century European voyages, conquests, motives, and early interactions with Indigenous nations.
10 lessons
0 of 10 done
- Historians and Primary Sources: Maps, Journals, and ArtifactsUp next
- The Norse: First Europeans in North AmericaYou are here
- Motives for Exploration: Trade Routes, Wealth, and EmpiresNot started yet
- Christopher Columbus and Voyages to the CaribbeanNot started yet
- Amerigo Vespucci and Mapping a New WorldNot started yet
- Balboa Crosses Panama and Magellan Circumnavigates the GlobeNot started yet
- Ponce de Leon in Florida and Spanish ExpeditionsNot started yet
- Hernan Cortes and the Fall of the Aztec EmpireNot started yet
- Jacques Cartier's Voyages to CanadaNot started yet
- Building a Timeline of 15th- and 16th-Century ExplorationNot started yet
