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Knowledge
Students know:
- The location, purpose, and importance of European settlements including Fort Conde, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims in early Alabama.
- The routes taken by early explorers including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
- Reasons for conflicts between Europeans and American Indians in Alabama from 1519 to 1840, including differing beliefs regarding land ownership, religion, and culture.
Skills
The students will be able to:
- Explain the impact of European explorers on trade, health, and land expansion in Alabama.
- Locate on maps European settlements in early Alabama, including Fort Condé, Fort Toulouse, and Fort Mims.
- Trace on maps and globes, the routes of early explorers of the New World, including Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There were specific reasons Europeans began exploring and settling in Alabama and this impacted existing settlements in Alabama.
Vocabulary
- settlement
- European exploration
- culture
- expansion
- trade (barter)
