Social Studies

Here is what we have talked about in Social Studies so far in Room 130...


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

    • 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