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The New World

Web Quest Journal

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Lets look at the cover of the book.

What do you think we are going to learn about?
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Day 1
Question of the Day:
When we think of the Vikings we remember them for their
horned hats. Draw a picture of what your Viking hat would look
like.

Using the map color in the place where the

Vikings originated from.

Erikson was one of the first men to discover America. Use the
information from the video and website to make a profile of
Erikson giving important facts and information about him.

Leif Erikson

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Draw three fish from the website and give at

least one fact about each of them.

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GREAT JOB YOU

COMPLETED DAY
ONE!!!!!

Day 2
Question of the Day:
Christopher Columbus went to Queen Isabella to ask for money
for his journey and at first she said no. What would you do if
you were Christopher Columbus and you had to raise money for
your trip?
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Using the map, color in the area where Christopher Columbus

was from.

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Columbus thought he was traveling to India but he really was

traveling to a New World. Use the information from the video
and website to make a profile of Columbus giving important
facts and information about him.

Christopher Columbus
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Look at these three ships, now you need to cut them out and put
them order from biggest to smallest according to the information
in the book.

Santa Marie

Pinta

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Nina

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Day 3
Question of the Day:
When Columbus came to the New World he discovered a land
he had never seen before. Draw what you think he saw.

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Color in the area that the Tainos people came from.

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The Taino people may have thought that they were the only
humans in the world, but they learned something different.
Use the information from the website to make a profile of the
Taino people giving important facts and information about
them.

Taino People
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Ship Math
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1482. We are
going to add some numbers.
1. If Columbus sailed with 5 ships on her first journey and one his
second journey he took 7 boats. How many boats did he take?

2. If Columbus sailed with 10 ships to begin with but lost 4 ships how
many ships did he have left?

3. If Columbus sailed with 4 ships his first journey, 2 ships his

second journey, and 5 ships his third journey how many ships did
he take to the New World?

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4. Columbus was a great explorer and found many treasures in the

New World. He had 12 ships and after his trip he filled up 6 ships
with treasures, how many ships did he have empty?

5. If Columbus traveled thousands of miles because he wanted to

prove the world was not flat. He started his journey with 7 ships
and when he came back from the new world he brought back 4
ships. How many ships did he come back with?

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Day 4
Question of the Day:
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. If you could
name the country, what would you call it and why?
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Before Amerigo Vespucci he needed to make sure to have

enough of everything to make sure he has enough supplies.
Look at the equations and find out if they are really equal or not.
1. Vespucci started with 6 bags wheat then bought 7 more. He
then had a total of 12 bags of wheat. Is this the right?
6 + 7= 12?
2. Vespucci had 8 barrels of water and 2 barrels broke. He
then was left with 6 barrels. Is this the right number of
barrels left?
8 2 = 6?
3. Vespucci was running late and dropped a pile of hay. He
began with 15 piles of hay and lost 1. This means he has 14
piles of hay left. Is this right?
15 1= 14

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4. Vespucci had 2 containers of spices, before he left he

bought 7 more containers. That means that he had 10
containers of spice left over. Is this right?
7 + 2= 10?
5. Vespucci wanted to make sure that they had enough ink to
write in his journal. He had 5 bottles already and then
bought 6 more bottles before he left. This means he had 11
bottles of ink. It is this right?
5 + 6= 11

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Amerigo Vespucci had a huge impact on the history of

America. Use the information from the video and website to
make a profile of Vespucci giving important facts and
information about him.

Amerigo Vespucci
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Amerigo Vespucci was the first man to record seeing the

Amazon River. Record some facts about the Amazon River.

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A Unique fact about the river:

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Day 5
Question of the Day:
Pounce de Leon wanted to discover the Foundation of Youth.
Create a story where you discover something missing, what
would you discover and what adventure would you go on?
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The Rainforest is located in South America. Use the websites to

find information about the rainforest and create a profile for the
rainforest.

The Rainforest
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We all need food to survive. Look at the website to find out

what types of popular in the time of New World discovery and
how they would obtain that food.
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Hernado de Soto explored the regions of Florida, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and
Mississippi. Color in the places on the map where Soto visited
on his search for gold.

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After you read:

Now that we are done reading this book, what did you think?
List three things that you learned about.
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