Presentation Day

Today in Mr. Schick’s Human Geography class, we presented our power point presentations that we worked on during the previous class on Monday. The first group presented on the Native Americans. The Native Americans arrived nearly 10,000 years ago and migrated to America. They came by the Ice Bridge. At this time, there were no other cultures in the Americas. They were not sent by anyone to find the land, but discovered it on their own. The Native Americans have been in America for about 15,000 years. The next group presented on the topic of the Vikings. The Viking arrived in America in 1000 A.D. the first Viking to arrive was a man named Leif Ericson. They came on three ships named the Snekke, Drekkar, and Skeid. They landed in Greenland, but left due to the harsh climate and their crops failed. Also, they landed in Vinland and Canada. There were 20-30 million Native Americans already in America at this time. They were not sent by anyone to discover the unknown land and they didn’t have to fight for the land because they abandoned it. The final group presented on Christopher Columbus, who found America on October 12, 1492.  They arrived in present-day Bahamas and they sailed to America with three ships called the Pinta, Nina, and the Santa Maria. He fought to conquer the Native Americans and their land. He outwitted and outgunned them.