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Grade 3 Social Studies · World 6: New Lands, New Neighbors · Level 41
Working Together
Examples of cooperation between explorers and American Indians.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 41
- Cooperation means working together. Explorers and American Indians cooperated in four big ways.
- Guiding: American Indian guides knew the trails, rivers, and towns. They led Balboa through the jungle and Cartier up the St. Lawrence.
- Trading: American Indians traded beaver furs and deer hides. Europeans traded metal knives, iron kettles, glass beads, and cloth. Each side got something it wanted.
- Sharing food: the Taíno gave Columbus's sailors fish and cassava bread, and people along the Hudson brought corn and beans to the Half Moon.
- Sharing knowledge: American Indians showed newcomers which plants were safe, and the cedar tea that cured scurvy.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS3H2.c — Describe examples of cooperation and conflict between European explorers and American Indians.