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Early Explorers Study Guide – VA SOL USI.3

This Early Explorers Study Guide resource includes three versions– one completed study guide, one for student completion with review worksheets, and one digital study guide. This study guide will help students review the motivations for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of the European explorers. Students will also review the relationships between the explorers and the Native Americans.

What concepts will students review with this Early Explorers Study Guide?

With this study guide, students will review:

• Spanish exploration (Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernando Cortes, Francisco Coronado)
• French exploration (Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Robert La Salle)
• English exploration (John Cabot)
• cultural and economic interactions between Indigenous people and Europeans that led to cooperation and conflict

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What formats of the study guide are provided?

Three versions of this Early Explorers Study Guide are included in this resource:

• Completed version- The Completed Study Guide is completely filled out. Just print and give to students.
• Study Guide for Student Completion-  The Study Guide for Student Completion is similar to the Completed Study Guide but is missing some terms and includes questions for students to answer. This version also comes with two additional pages of questions related to the SOL. An answer key is provided for these pages.
• Digital Study Guide- The Digital Study Guide includes both the Completed Study Guide and the Study Guide for Student Completion in digital format (Google Slides). You can assign in Google Classroom or use this version with virtual or hybrid students

What social studies standards are covered?

This Early Explorers Study Guide is specifically created to align with the 2023 Virginia SOL USI.3, although it also aligns with most history standards related to the motivations for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of European exploration.

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