Explorer s Third Grade History and Geography Virginia SOLs 3.3 and 3.5 Kelly Farley To begin, click on the ship!
Dec 13, 2015
Explorers
Third Grade History and Geography
Virginia SOLs 3.3 and 3.5 Kelly Farley
To begin, click on the
ship!
Christopher ColumbusWhat was he looking
for?
A route to India to trade
spices
Gold mines in
California
The Fountain of Youth
The Northwest
Passage
HOME
Oops!That’s not what
Christopher Columbus was looking for…
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Good Job!Which of these was NOT a ship
used by Christopher Columbus in his voyage in 1492?
The Isabella
TheSanta Maria
The Pinta
The Niña
HOME
Oops!That was one of the ships Christopher
Columbus DID take on his voyage in 1492…
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Congratulations!• Christopher Columbus was an Italian
explorer trying to find a route to India to
trade spices.
• Through his voyages, he also hoped to
spread his religion and find wealth and fame.
• In 1492, with the help of Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain, he set sail with his three
ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa
Maria.
• He landed in San Salvador in the Bahamas.
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explorer!
Juan Ponce De LeónWhat was he looking
for?
A route to India to trade
spices
Gold mines in
California
The Fountain of Youth
The Northwest
Passage
HOME
Congratulations!
• Juan Ponce De León was a Spanish explorer
in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth as
well as riches.
• In 1513, he set sail from Puerto Rico.
• While he never found the Fountain, he
landed near St. Augustine, Florida, and was
the first European explorer to set foot in
Florida.
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explorer!
Christopher NewportWhat did he do?
Circumnavigated the
globe
Explored Canada
Opened many fur trading outposts
across North America
Transported colonists and supplies from
England to Jamestown
HOME
Good Job!HOMEChristopher Newport traveled from
England and went to the same place five times between 1606 and 1611. Click on
where he went!
Oops!Christopher Newport
didn’t go there between 1606 and 1611…
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Congratulations!
• Christopher Newport was an English
explorer who took many trips to the English
colony at Jamestown, Virginia.
• He helped transport supplies and colonists.
• Between 1606 and 1611, he made five trips
to Jamestown.
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explorer!
Jacques CartierWhat was he looking
for?
Fur-Trading Outposts
Indigenous people he could
convert to Catholicism
The Fountain of Youth
The Northwest
Passage
HOME
Congratulations!• Jacques Cartier was a French explorer who
was in search of the Northwest Passage, a
pathway that supposedly cut through North
America to the Pacific Ocean.
• He made three voyages between 1534 and
1541.
• He landed near Quebec, Canada, and
explored the St. Lawrence River, however he
never found a Northwest Passage.
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explorer!