Discovery?

Mood Music

​Allow this music to transport you into a scene that has yet to be written.  Draw the scene as you listen.  Then write, using all the visual imagery you can muster.

Who Discovered America?

Assign each person in your group to watch one of the videos below (A through D). Pause the video when necessary and take notes along the way.  When everyone has finished watching, report back to your group and discuss what you have learned.

Part of the problem with any study of history is that opinion enters the conversation without being reinforced by facts.  History can often be an inexact science. Historians do their best to use the evidence to make educated guesses to fill in unknown gaps.

Word Wise

discover
explore
​found

Number of the Day

What can you tell me about the number 1,492?

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Art Appreciation

Analyze the painting shown below.  Check out the details.

• What do you notice?
• What do you think is happening?
• What caused the scene in the painting?
• What might happen after the scene shown?
• What does this piece make you wonder?

How does this experience (watching separate videos and discussing with your group) emphasize the difficulty of studying history.

Video A:  Leif Erikson

Video C:  Christopher Columbus

Video B:  Amerigo Vespucci

Video D:  Natives

Music Appreciation

How Far I'll Go

​Movin' Right Along

A Whole New World

While We're on the Subject

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​What Happened to Explorer John Cabot?