Welcome to Tricounty Elementary History. We will be using the blog and a library list this year to study the 1600's - 1850. An optional text is Story of the World Vol. 3. Below is a list of topics we will cover in class.

Co-op  Week 1:  Chapter 4  Searching for the Northwest Passage, Samuel Champlain and Henry        Hudson
Co-op Week 2:  Chapter 5 Japan, Sumo Wrestling
Co-op Week 3:  Chapter 6 Plymouth Rock
Co-op Week 4:  Chapter 9 The Thirty Years' War
Co-op Week 5:  Chapter 17 Peter the Great
Co-op Week 6:  Chapter 20 China, Emperor Chi'en
Co-op Week 7:  Assemble Lapbooks and play review game

Searching for the Northwest Passage

Below you will find links to discover more about Samuel Champlain and Henry Hudson.  Use this information to answer the questions on your History Detective.

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/topic1.html

 http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/champlain.html

                    

 Samuel Champlain             Henry Hudson

Extra Credit - Choose One 

1st-4th grade

1. Write a paragraph about the Northwest Passage and what it is today.

2.  Draw a map of the Northwest Passage.

3.  Write a story about Henry Hudson or Samuel Champlain and their search for the Northwest Passage.

Pre-k/K

1. Color the map of Northwest Passage and Samuel Champlain