From the Book - Children's
How the first Americans became Indians. Feature: some thoughts on dinosaurs and the Earth --
Cliff dwellers and others --
Plains Indians are not plain at all --
Mound for mound, those are heavy hills. Feature: digging up dirt on the mound builders --
Indians of the Eastern forests --
People of the long house --
Let's turn north. Feature: how do you know what you know? --
A boy named Christopher has a dream --
A new land is "discovered". Feature: from Columbus's pen --
Stowaways: worms and a dog --
Sailing around the world --
About beliefs and ideas. Feature: stories of how the world began --
New Spain. Feature: Tenochtitlan --
Ponce de León, Pizarro, and Spanish colonies --
Gloom, doom, and a bit of cheer --
Being a conquistador with Coronado --
Conquistadors: California to Florida --
From Spain to England to France --
France in America: pirates and adventurers --
Rain, ambush, and murder --
New France. Feature: traveling by canoe and portage --
Lost: a colony. Feature: from John White's log --
Armada is a fleet of ships --
