Warm Up: Where have we been?
Warm Up:
Where have we been?: What European
Explorer was first to claim land in America?
Where are we going?: What do you think will happen next?
Today’s Question:
How did France, Spain, and
England compete for land in North America?
Today’s Agenda:
1. Color map/take notes of territories claimed in North America
2. Individually: read biography of one explorer and answer essential questions
3. In groups: discuss biography and create
“historical head”
Territories claimed in North America
England: John Cabot
John Cabot claimed ___________ ___________
(Newfoundland) for England.
France: Samuel De Champlain
Samuel De Champlain established the
__________ settlement of __________.
France: Robert De La Salle
Robert De La Salle claimed the __________ River
Valley for _________.
Spain: Francisco Coronado
Francisco Coronado claimed the __________ for
__________.
European land claims:
Biographies of Explorers:
Read the biography of one of the explorers we discussed and answer the essential questions:
1. Where is he from?
2. What country did he work for?
3. When did he claim land?
4. Where did he claim land?
With your group:
1. Discuss the 4 essential questions/make sure everyone has the correct answers
2. Create a “historical head”. Draw an outline of your explorer’s head and inside write words, draw pictures and label objects to show his personality and his motivations,
obstacles and accomplishments as an explorer.
Who claimed the Southwest for
Spain?
Who claimed the Mississippi River
Valley?
Who established the French settlement of Quebec?
Who claimed eastern Canada?
Name 2 cultural traits of the Netsilik
Eskimo.
Which river is A?
Which continent?
Which river connects the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
Which Native American tribe lives on the rainy Northwest Coast?
Which ocean?
Which ocean is located along
California’s coastline?
Which Native American tribe was forced off their land in the Trail of
Tears?
Which ocean?
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas
Which region is EAST of the Interior
Lowlands, WEST of the Coastal Plain?
Which Native American tribe builds longhouses out of the thick forests in upstate New York?
