North America:
Exploration and Migration

Architect of the Capitol

K-12 TLC Guide to United States History K-12 TLC Guide to US History: The Colonial Period K-12 TLC Guide to Explorers K-12 TLC Guide to Native American History: Initial Contact with Europeans

Age of Exploration Explorers European Exploration European Migration and Settlement The Spanish Conquest Fur Trade

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Explorers

Bering, Vitus J.: K-12 TLC Guide.
Brendan the Bold, Saint: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cabot, John: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cabot, Sebastian: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez: K-12 TLC Guide.
Le Sieur de Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cartier, Jacques: K-12 TLC Guide.

Clark, William: K-12 TLC Guide.
Columbus, Christopher: K-12 TLC Guide.
Cortés, Hernán: K-12 TLC Guide.
da Verrazzano, Giovanni: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Aviles, Pedro Menendez: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Ayllon, Lucas Vazquez: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Champlain, Samuel: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Charlevoix, Pierre Francois-Xavier: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Coronado, Francisco Vásquez: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Oñate, Juan: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Fuca, Juan: K-12 TLC Guide.
de la Salle, Robert: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Narvaez, Panfilo: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Pineda, Alonso Alvarez: K-12 TLC Guide.
de Soto, Hernando: K-12 TLC Guide.
Erikson, Leif: K-12 TLC Guide.
Herjólfsson, Bjarni: K-12 TLC Guide.
Hudson, Henry: K-12 TLC Guide.
Joliet, Louis: K-12 TLC Guide.

Lewis, Meriwether: K-12 TLC Guide.
Madoc, Prince: K-12 TLC Guide.
Marquette, Father Jacques: K-12 TLC Guide.
Nicollet, Jean: K-12 TLC Guide.
Ponce de Leon, Juan: K-12 TLC Guide.
Raleigh, Sir Walter: K-12 TLC Guide.
Stuyvesant, Peter: K-12 TLC Guide.

Vancouver, George: K-12 TLC Guide.

Vespucci, Amerigo: K-12 TLC Guide.
Vizcaino, Sebastian: K-12 TLC Guide.
White, John: K-12 TLC Guide.

North America: Exploration
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Migration

European Exploration

American Frontiers:
- Discovering and Mapping the New World.
- Colonies and Trails.
- Timeline of Spanish in North America.
American Journeys:
- Find a Document.
- Highlights.
- Images.
Canada Library and Archives.
Conquistadors: PBS.
Discoverers, Middle School Cybrary.
Discovery and Exploration, WWW-VL: USA History.
Early Explorers, 4th and 5th grade Student Resources.
European Exploration, Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.
European Explorers, Theme Pages for Elementary Students and Teachers.
European Explorers in the Mississippi Valley, First Encounters.
Explorers, Educational Technology Center, KSU.
Explorers of North America, Discoverers Web.
Explorers of North America
Explorers of North and Central America, Enchanted Learning.
Famous Explorers, KidInfo.
FloridaHistory.com:
- DeSoto's Conquistadors in North America.
- Landings and Conquest.
- The Grand Entrada.
- Vitachuco and Paradise.
- Conclusion.
- Midwestern Conquest Trails.
Houghton Mifflin - Map of Exploration of North America.

Hudson Bay: K-12 TLC Guide.

The Library of Congress:
- 1492: How America Was Discovered by Europeans.
- The Quest of Ponce de Leon.
Map of Spanish America, U-S-History.com.
Map of Spanish Explorations, University of Texas at El Paso.
Objects and Topics in 1492: An Ongoing Voyage, University of North Carolina.
On-This-Day:
- 09/04/1609: Henry Hudson Discovers Island of Manhatten.
Passageways: National Library of Canada.
Prelude to Jamestown, National Park Service.
Spanish Exploration, Land Use History of North America, Colorado Plateau.

Texas Beyond History:
- Cultural Worlds.
- Map of European-claimed regions of North America in the mid-18th Century.
- Map of Indian/Spanish and French settlements - 18th Century.
- Mission San Sabá.
- Spanish Motives.
- The Gateway Missions.
- El Paso Missions.
ThinkQuest:
- English Explorers.
- French Explorers.
- Spanish Explorers.
Viking Explorers:
- Erikson, Leif: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Herjólfsson, Bjarni: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Learning Enrichment.
- Mariners Museum:
  - Discoveries Across the Ocean.
  - Viking Explorers.
- National Public Radio (audio):
  - The Vikings: 5/7/00 (7:00).
- Viking Exploration and Settlement, Gander Academy.
- Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, Smithsonian.
Virtual Museum of New France/Civilization.ca:
- Explorers.
- Exploration of North America.
The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:

Sir Francis Drake's Foggy Exploration.

World Book:
- English Explorers.
- French Explorers.
- Italian Explorers.
- Portuguese Explorers.
- Spanish Explorers.
- Other Explorers.
- Explorers of North America after 1700.
- Finding a New World.
- The French and English in the New World.
- Spain's Conquests in the New World.

North America: Exploration
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European Migration

Jamestown, VA Settlement: K-12 TLC Guide.
New Netherland: K-12 TLC Guide.
New Spain: K-12 TLC Guide.
Plymouth Colony: K-12 TLC Guide.
Quebec Settlement: K-12 TLC Guide.
Roanoke Island Settlement: K-12 TLC Guide.
Santa Fe Settlement: K-12 TLC Guide.
St. Augustine Settlement: K-12 TLC Guide.

Bradford, William: K-12 TLC Guide.
Hooker, Thomas: K-12 TLC Guide.
Penn, William: K-12 TLC Guide.
Smith, Captain John: K-12 TLC Guide.
Williams, Roger: K-12 TLC Guide.
Winthrop, John: K-12 TLC Guide.

Dare, Virginia: K-12 TLC Guide.

Plymouth Colony & Thanksgiving Tradition: K-12 TLC Guide.

K-12 TLC Guide to King Philip's War

American Journeys:
- Find a Document.
- Highlights.
- Images.
Bartleby.com.
Boundaries of the United States and the Several States.
Contact Era, SeacoastNH.
Early Settlements, Middle School Cybrary.
European Colonization of the Americas, Wikipedia.
Explorers of North America, Discoverers Web.
Immigration, ThinkQuest:
- Timeline.
The Library of Congress:
- 08/16/1654: Portuguese-Jewish Families Flee Brazil for American Colonies.
- 1682: William Penn Awarded the State of Delaware.
- 10/09/1701: Yale University Chartered.
- America as a Religious Refuge: 17th Century.
- Colonial America (1492-1763).
- John Bull and Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations.
- Time Line: The Colonial Period.
On-This-Day:
Outline Of American History, United States Department of State:
- Early America.
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America, University of Georgia.
Women in American History, Encyclopedia Britannica:

North America: European Exploration
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Migration

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

12/21/1620: Pilgrims Land At Plymouth Rock.


Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe de Coronado, Francisco Vásquez Cortés, Hernán

Teacher Resources for the Age of Exploration: K-12 TLC Guide.
Teacher Resources for Explorers: K-12 TLC Guide.
Teacher Resources for Marco Polo: K-12 TLC Guide.

Explorers in North America, Annenberg/CPB, Learner.org.
Viking Explorers, Learning Enrichment.

Grades 4-6:

Explorers of North America, Happy Hollow School, IN.

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This guide last edited 10/30/2008
This guide last revised 03/19/2009
This guide created 02/09/2004

North America: Exploration and Migration

North America:
Exploration and Migration