Spotlight on Explorers and Colonization: Set 1
Spotlight on Explorers and Colonization
From the Vikings to the Spanish conquistadors,
Europeans were fascinated with exploration and the discovery of the New World.
The explorers who visited the Americas brought with them the culture and politics
of their homelands, as well as diseases, religions, philosophies, customs,
and social attitudes that had never been experienced by Native peoples. The
sometimes violent meeting of these cultures shaped the continuing process of
exploration and the development of our modern nations. This series will provide
biographies of the most well-known European explorers of the Americas
and investigate their motivations, the effect their exploration had on the
native populations, and the influence of the New World culture upon European
society.
? Interactive eBook edition will engage reluctant
readers
? Aligns with state and national social studies/history curriculum
standards
