The Navigators and the Explorers are studying the explorers of the world and have discovered many things so far:
- There were already people in North and South America: the Incas, the Mayas and the Aztecs of South and Central America and the Native Americans and First Nations of North America. Several of these civilizations were quite advanced.
- The Vikings had settlements in North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
- The Vikings had a different alphabet called runes.
- Marco Polo told great tales of China and the riches found there.
- People of Europe were very afraid of the unknown waters of the oceans.
- They believed the earth is round but didn't realize how big it is. As a matter of fact, they didn't realize there were entire continents in the way of sailing west to the riches of the East.
- We have benefited from the mistakes of the explorers!
And I, Mrs. Towne, have discovered that there are FIVE oceans, not four as I was taught many years ago!
This is a video of the Explorers and the Navigators singing a song about the seven continents and the FIVE oceans of the world.
Mrs. Towne (in ancient runes)
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