Transcript Early Explorers and Map Skills SOL 3.3 and 3.5 Robin Powell Mecklenburg County.

Early Explorers and Map Skills
SOL 3.3 and 3.5
Robin Powell
Mecklenburg County
This lesson is designed to reinforce:
Virginia SOL 3.3 and 3.5
The student will develop map skills and
study the exploration of America.
• In order to meet these standards, students should be
able to:
 Position and label the seven continents and the four oceans to
create a world map
 Use the equator and the prime meridian to identify the four
hemispheres
 Locate the countries of Spain, England, and France
 Identify reasons for exploring, the information gained, and the
results from the travel
 Describe the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus, Juan
Ponce de Leon, Jacque Cartier, and Christopher Newport
 Locate the regions in the Americas explored by Columbus (San
Salvador in the Bahamas), Juan Ponce de Leon (near St.
Augustine, Florida), Jacques Cartier (near Quebec, Canada),
and Christopher Newport (Jamestown, Virginia)
NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE
ASIA
AFRICA
SOUTH AMERICA
AUSTRALIA
ANTARCTICA
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Number your paper from 1 to 11. Match the name
of the ocean or continent with the number and
write it on your paper. Use the word bank below.
11
Word Bank
3
Africa
Antarctica
Arctic Ocean
Asia
Atlantic Ocean
Australia
Europe
Indian Ocean
North America
Pacific Ocean
South America
4
1
8
5
9
2
10
6
7
We live on the continent of North America.
Can you name the countries on our
continent?
North
America
Canada
United States
England
England
France
France
Spain
Spain
In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean in search
of the Indies. He had spent much time trying to convince King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella of Spain to pay for the ships that would have him bringing them all of the
finest riches in India. This would be a difficult journey because Columbus would have
to sail west to reach the Indies in the east.
The King and Queen finally agreed and gave Columbus three ships, the
Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. After a difficult voyage, Columbus and his
three ships landed. Believing he had landed in India he named the native people
there Indians. Columbus actually landed on an island south of North America,
known as San Salvador. This “mistake” in which he discovered the Americas opened
the doors to future European exploration.
Spain
San Salvador
Juan Ponce de Leon
• Ponce de Leon sailed for
Spain
• He went looking for the
Fountain of Youth
• He was the first European
to land on the peninsula
of Florida
• Ponce de Leon explored
the area that later
became St. Augustine,
the first Spanish
settlement in the New
World
Ponce de Leon’s Journey
Spain
Florida
Jacques Cartier
• Cartier sailed for
France.
• He was looking for
the Northwest
passage to the Indies.
• He explored the St.
Lawrence River in
Canada, near what
later became Quebec.
Jacques Cartier’s Voyage
France
Christopher Newport
Christopher Newport sailed for England. He was sent by the Virginia
Company to establish a colony in the New World. Newport sailed with
colonists and supplies on three ships: the Susan Constant, the Godspeed,
and the Discovery.
They landed in the New World in 1607 and named the new settlement
Jamestown, after King James of England. Jamestown was the first successful
English settlement. It is located on the James River in what is now Virginia.
England
Jamestown
Review
Who were the explorers we studied?
Where did they come from?
What were their accomplishments?
•
Christopher
Columbus
•
Juan Ponce de Leon
•
Jacques Cartier
•
Christopher Newport
• Spain
• England
• France
•
•
•
•
San Salvador
St. Augustine
Quebec
Jamestown
Number your paper from 1 to 4. Match the explorer with the
accomplishment. Write the explorer’s name on the line
beside the number.