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PRE-TRIP STUDY SHEET FOR EXHIBIT
JOURNEYS INTO NEW WORLDS
The exploration of new lands and the establishment of settlements in lands that were unexplored
and often uninviting took courage, teamwork and perseverance. The journeys taken by those seeking
new places to settle or information about new lands and peoples were challenging and fraught with
danger. In this exhibit, we will look at the Vikings' journey to and experiences in North America;
the trials and tribulations of the Jamestown settlement; and the adventures of Lewis and Clark as
they explored lands from the Missouri to the Pacific Ocean. We learn about the failures as well as
the successes of the people on these journeys into new worlds.
AREA 1: The Vikinas
The Vikings were one of the first European peoples to try to establish a settlement in North America.
In this exhibit, we learn about the Viking people. their journey to Newfoundland and why their attempts
to settle in this area were unsuccessful.
 Vocabulary: generation, banished, import, negotiate, barbarians
AREA 2: The Settling of Jamestown
The Virginia Company of London obtained three sailing ships and recruited 104 men and boys to journey
to an area north of Roanoke, an earlier English colony that had mysteriously disappeared. This settlement,
named after King James I of England, while ultimately successful, struggled for many years. In this exhibit,
we learn about the problems faced by the settlers in Jamestown and how hardship led to solving some of the
problems.
 Vocabulary: indentured servants, trade routes, manual labor, to thatch, cord of
wood, hostile, recruited, regulated
AREA 3: The Journey of Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their "Voyage of Discovery" from St. Louis, Missouri, in 1804. In this
exhibit, we will travel with Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery", This group included a small group
of hunters and frontiersmen, Sacajawea, her husband and infant son, and a dog as they traveled west over the
mountains to the Columbia River and on to the Pacific Ocean. We learn about the challenges they faced and how
they dealt with them to complete their journey successfully.
 Vocabulary: pathfinders, continent, mastodons, frontiersmen, "Great Father", roam,
specimens, reunion, dreary
The teachers can download a set of worksheet as a pdf file for use before the tour. Please
fill in the students' names on the worksheet.
For further study and research on the topics related to this exhibit,
please visit the following Internet web sites:
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
Virtual Jamestown
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
We invite you and your students to share with us stories, artwork,
projects, or letters that are created after visiting the museum. Please
send them to:
Cobb County Youth Museum
P.O. Box 78, Marietta, GA 30061
Fax (770) 427-1060
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