NOVEMBER+18+2010

__**ESSENTIAL QUESTION**__ __:__ //What was the impact of European exploration on the Americas’ land and people?//
 * UNIT 1: OUR COLONIAL HERITAGE**
 * CHAPTER 2: New Empires in the Americas (1400-1750)**
 * SECTION 4: THE RACE FOR EMPIRE** NOVEMBER 15 2010

**__Objectives:__** //Students will learn how …// . 1. Events in Europe affected settlement of North America. 2. Several explorers searched for a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. 3. European nations raced to establish empires in North America.


 * __Vocabulary:__** Protestant Reformation, Protestants, Spanish Armada, Northwest Passage, Jacques Cartier, charter

http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/13_colonies_map/ http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/geography/usa_map_states/

http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-economy.htm

http://teacherportfolio.indstate.edu/jnorris/new_page_4.htm 13 colonies project

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13georgia.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/pilgrims1.htm THE PILGRIMS: VOYAGE TO FREEDOM http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/economics.htm ECONIMICS http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm