This resource is for a unit on European exploration to use with your social studies students. Students will learn about the colonies the European nations started in the United States such as New France, New Spain, New England and New Amsterdam. Students will read about famous explorations such as John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, Giovanni de Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, Samuel Champlain, Robert La Salle, Ferdinand Magellan, and Henry Hudson.
It includes:
• a ten-page nonfiction packet on European