Social Studies
Here is what we have talked about in Social Studies so far in Room 130...
European Exploration
European Exploration
- Who really discovered America? (Christopher Columbus, Lief Erikkson or Ancient Siberians)
- Native American impact on the Age of Exploration
- Why European explorers wanted to discover new land
- Christopher Columbus
- John Cabot
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Vasco de Balboa
- Juan Ponce de Leon
- Hernan Cortes
- Francisco Pizzaro
- Jacques Cartier
- Hernando de Soto
- Samuel de Champlain
- Henry Hudson
- Francisco Coronado
Initial Settlements in the New World
Initial Settlements in the New World
- Roanoke
- Jamestown
- Plymouth
- Relationship between Native Americans and the colonists
- New England Colonies (daily life, economy, resources, etc...)
- The Puritans
- Mid-Atlantic Colonies (daily life, economy, resources, etc...)
- The Quakers
- Southern Colonies (daily life, economy, resources, etc...)
- The Plantations
- Jobs in the colonies
- Basket-makers
- Shoemakers
- Tailors
- Blacksmiths
- Silversmiths
- Printers
- Town Criers
- Coopers
- Wigmakers
- Cabinetmakers
- Brick-makers
- Merchants
- Ship builders