Lesson 3: Columbus and Cabot

1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 2
KBCE, Cabot
C&C, Cabot
S of C: pp. 26-31, 'The Explorers."
pp. 32-33, Days of the Whalers.
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 38-41, "John Cabot and the Cod"

Video: Episode 1: When the World began: New Lands

2) Map: to be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site. Look at Supplemental sources for possible routes and draw and date the separate voyages. Ptomely's map of the world

Use the map on p. 40 of CHD for reference or this one. As you come across each of these settlements in the subsequent lessons, label its location (and date of founding) on the "Early European Settlement" map. (To be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site.)

1. L'Anse aux Meadows, Norse, 1002
2. St. John's, England, 1583
3. Tadoussac, Basque, around 1590
4. St. Croix Island, France 1604
5. Port Royal France 1605
6. Quebec, (Stadacona) France, 1608
7. Cupids, England, 1610
8. Montreal, (Hochelaga), France, 1642
9. Placentia, France from 1660
10. Detroit, France, 1701
11. Louisbourg, France, 1719
12. Halifax, Britian, 1749

3) Activities:
colouring page, Dover, p.3 or
make a quadrant

*You could have an older child prepare a report on fishing and the Grand Banks. See sidebar for link to the assignment. See this site for a great map of the Grand Banks.
What is cod?
Wikipedia See links at bottom.
article from fisheries and oceans Canada
article on cod with instructions for fishing and a recipe.


4) Time-line Figure or image: (see above) or here.
placement: 1497 (Cabot)

Memory aid: "One day in 1497, John Caboto gained his fame. Out from England he set sail and to the Maritimes laid claim."

5) Supplemental readings:
brief history with image here.
Cabot Sails to Newfoundland by M.B. Synge from A Book of Discovery
CBYR: Cabot


More Readings.
(Not previewed.)
Grade levels are suggested reading levels only.

And Tomorrow The Stars: The Story of John Cabot Kay Hill
John and Sebastian Cabot Henry Ira Kurtz
John Cabot and his Son Sebastian Ronald Syme Gr. 3+
John Cabot & Son David Goodnough

Original source material: Project Gutenberg's The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503, by Various. It includes the Saga of Eric the Red and the history of "Vinland" as well as original journal entries and letters concerning Columbus's journeys and a few letters attesting to Cabot's voyages.
The Letters Patent from King Henry VII to John Cabot and sons.