Unit 2: Exploration and Settlement
Unit Almanac—Connect to Today
| Age of Exploration | ||
| Vocabulary Preview | Reading Strategy: Monitor and Clarify | |
| Lesson 1 | Core | World Travel and Trade |
| Extend | Geography—The Silk Road | |
| Lesson 2 | Core | New Ideas in Europe |
| Extend | Technology—Tools for Discovery | |
| Lesson 3 | Core | Europeans Arrive in the Americas |
| Extend | Primary Source—Mapping New Lands | |
| Lesson 4 | Core | Conquest of the Americas |
| Extend | Biographies—Spanish Explorers | |
| Lesson 5 | Core | New Spain |
| Extend | Biographies—Leadership in New Spain | |
| Map and Globe SkillUse Latitude and Longitude | ||
| Chapter 3 Review
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| European Settlements | ||
| Vocabulary Preview | Reading Strategy: Summarize | |
| Lesson 1 | Core | A Northwest Passage |
| Extend | Biographies—Rulers of Land and Sea | |
| Chart and Graph SkillUse Parallel Timelines | ||
| Lesson 2 | Core | Roanoke and Jamestown |
| Extend | Literature—Geography—Jamestown 1607 | |
| Lesson 3 | Core | New England Settlements |
| Extend | Literature—"This New Land" by G. Clifton Wisler | |
| Lesson 4 | Core | Dutch and French Colonies |
| Extend | Economics—French Fur Trading | |
| Chapter 4 Review | ||
| Unit 2 Review: Current Events Project | ||
