Week 5

Settling North America

The race is on for the countries to claim as much land as possible. Think about a time you went to an event that didn't have assigned seats. If you got there before other people in your group you start to put place markers on their spots to save it for them. At a school concert you may lay down your jacket, the umbrella you brought, your mom's purse, and you even have your sibling sit three seats away from you so that anyone that walks by and asks, you can quickly tell them the seat is taken. Trust me, being the youngest and tallest kid in my family I even laid across the seats.

We start with focusing on Spain. Fill out the form below with your thoughts and predictions before reading.

Read to find out how Spain begins to play finders-keepers in your textbook from pages 146-150.

Use the cause and effect chart provided here to guide you.

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