and using
DISCUS…
DISCUS is an online database that gives you access
to encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, maps, and
other information from school or home.
Information from DISCUS is accurate and
appropriate.
You can access DISCUS from home or school with a
password.
www.scdiscus.org
What’s the difference between DISCUS and
searching GOOGLE?
Take a look:
Let’s search for South Carolina on Google
Now watch this:
Let’s search for South Carolina using a DISCUS
Database
vs.
Begin searching the following databases
for information on South Carolina
Explorers:
•Britannica Elementary
•SIRS Discoverer
•Biography Resource Center
Remember there will not be information on every
explorer. Use the following PowerPoint slides for
further information.
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer. Hernando de Soto sailed to Florida
from Spain. In 1540, Hernando de Soto decided to explore areas other than
Florida. De Soto and his men marched from the Savannah River to the Blue
Ridge Mountains.
De Soto and his men were looking for gold and other treasures, but did not
find any. In 1541, Hernando de Soto left South Carolina to explore other parts
of the land. De Soto was the first European to see the Mississippi River.
Jean Ribault
Jean Ribault was a French explorer. In 1562 he and his followers tried
to settle in what is now Parris Island. They built a fort called
Charlesfort. He named the area after King Charles IX of France. He
also named the surrounding area of water Port Royal.
Ribault left his followers to explore different areas. When he did not
return his followers made a boat and sailed back to France.
Juan Pardo
Juan Pardo was a Spanish explorer from Spain. Starting in 1566, Captain
Pardo explored South Carolina. He explored the South Carolina coast up to
the Blue Ridge region. He started his exploration at Santa Elena, now St.
Helena, near Beaufort, SC. Pardo and his men looked for treasure but did not
find much in SC.
Pardo and his men were the first Europeans to explore much of South
Carolina's Upcountry looking for food and treasure. In 1576, a group of
Native Americans attacked his fort, Fort San Felipe, and the settlers moved to
Florida.
William Hilton
William Hilton was an English captain. Hilton was sailing and looking for
tropical lands on which to grow indigo and rice. He sailed to Barbados, an
island in the Caribbean. From Barbados, Captain Hilton sailed to Port Royal.
While exploring the area of Port Royal he sighted an island and decided to
claim it for himself. In 1663, William Hilton named the island after himself.
Today it is known as Hilton Head Island.
Henry Woodward
Henry Woodward was another English explorer that visited South Carolina.
He was a young doctor. He originally landed in Cape Fear, NC in 1664
with other settlers. After the exploration of Cape Fear, the other settlers
were going back to England, but Woodward stayed in South Carolina.
In 1666, Woodward went to Port Royal, near Beaufort, South Carolina.
He chose to remain there because he was well respected by the Native
Americans and the English. He finally settled on John's Island, near
Charleston. Woodward has also been credited with growing the first rice
crop in South Carolina.
Jean Ribault (Ribaut)
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1147.html
http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/ogh/Jean_Ribault
Juan Pardo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pardo_(explorer)
William Hilton
http://www.hhisland.com/history.html