History? Why? -- Away with time -- In the beginning -- How the first Americans became Indians. Feature: some thoughts on dinosaurs and the Earth -- Put on your earmuffs -- Cliff dwellers and others -- Show-offs -- Taking a tour -- 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? -- Power of the press -- A boy named Christopher has a dream -- A new land is "discovered". Feature: from Columbus's pen -- The next voyage -- Stowaways: worms and a dog -- Sailing around the world -- What's in a name? -- 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 -- North of new Spain -- Being a conquistador with Coronado -- Conquistadors: California to Florida -- Place called Santa Fe -- Las Casas cares -- Big picture -- From Spain to England to France -- France in America: pirates and adventurers -- Rain, ambush, and murder -- New France. Feature: traveling by canoe and portage -- Elizabeth and friends -- Utopia in America -- Lost: a colony. Feature: from John White's log -- Armada is a fleet of ships -- End: keep reading -- Chronology of events -- More books to read -- Index -- A note from the author.
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