1. Concept: Movement / Migration
SS8H1c Explain reasons for European exploration and settlement of North America, with emphasis on the interests of the French, Spanish, and British in the southeastern area.
Concept:
Movement / Migration

2. Movement / Migration
The student will understand that the movement or migration of people, goods, and ideas affects all societies involved. If you moved to Saudi Arabia, how would it affect your life? Ever wonder who invented chocolate and where it comes from? How did European explorers and settlers influence the society of Native Americans?

3. PAGE 11 IN GEORGIA JOURNAL
EUROPEAN EXPLORATION
PAGE 11 IN GEORGIA JOURNAL
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
A Native American once asked, “Why did the white man come to our lands?”

4. According to the map of the New World, which country
did not explore or colonize any part of North America?
France
Portugal
England
D. Spain

5. Which of the following is NOT an effect of European exploration of the Americas?
a. Spanish, French, & English settlements in the Americas.
b. Loss of Spain’s world dominance and England’s gain of power.
c. Death of Native Americans from disease and warfare.
d. Columbus and other European explorers finding a direct trade route by sea to Asia.

6. WARM OCTOBER 2 GEORGIA JOURNAL PAGE 12
Trace your Georgia map on page 12
Turn to page 43 in your textbook.
Copy the route by De Soto on your map

7. PAGE 12 IN GEORGIA JOURNAL
EUROPEAN EXPLORATION
PAGE 12 IN GEORGIA JOURNAL
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What impact did Hernando de Soto and Spanish missions have on Native Americans?

8. Concepts: Individuals-Groups-Institutions Conflict & Change
SS8H1b Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures; include Spanish missions along the barrier islands, and the explorations of Hernando DeSoto.
Concepts:
Individuals-Groups-Institutions
Conflict & Change

9. CONFLICT & CHANGE
The student will understand that when there is conflict between or within societies, change is the result. What are some examples of conflict and change that you have witnessed in your life? How did the interaction between Europeans and Native Americans become a conflict? How did life for both Europeans and Native Americans change?

10. SPANISH MISSIONS IN GEORGIA
PURPOSE WAS TO CONVERT THE NATIVE AMERICANS TO CHRISTIANITY IN AN ATTEMPT TO SETTLE AND COLONIZE THE REGION FOR TRADE

11. Hernando de Soto
A Spanish born explorer and first European to set foot in Georgia landed in present-day Tampa Bay, Florida, in De Soto led 600 conquistadors through the southeast region of North America in search of gold. He came to the Georgia area in 1540.
His expedition failed as he did not find the gold he was looking for and died of illness near the Mississippi River. He often tortured, enslaved, and killed Native Americans along his path. The diseases left behind by Europeans crippled the rich cultures of the Mississippian culture.

14. According to the De Soto map on the left, is it possible that Hernando and his conquistadors traveled through Paulding County?

15. Conflict and Change

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