5th grade
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European Exploration and Colonization
​Power point presentation
QUIZ - European Exploration and Colonization
Christopher Columbus
All explorers and a little biography about them
San Jose sunken ship - who gets the goods??
Native American vs. European Thinking and Ways of Life
Lasting Effects - European Colonization and home styles today
The Columbian Exchange
Worksheet - Columbian Exchange
An Adventure to the New World activity
Colonial America
Migration and Immigration Today - Power Point presentation to view
QUIZ - Migration and Immigration Today
The following videos are from a TV series called
Faces of America
and shows people's ancestors and the reasons/problems they encountered and why they settled into the New World.
Video - Opportunity Beckoned in the New World
Video - Tenant Farmers
Video - A Very Sad Period in Irish History
Video - Pioneers of the American West
Video - To Hawaii from Japan
American Journeys weblink - primary sources
National Geographic Explorers lesson idea
On The Trail with Captain John Smith game