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KWL Chart Create a KWL Chart for what you know about the early European settlers in America. List what you already know and what you want to know. Later, you will list what you learn from the selection.
| WHAT I KNOW | WHAT I WANT TO KNOW | WHAT I LEARNED |
| People came from Spain and England. | Why did they come? |
Christopher Columbus thought he had discovered a new world in 1492. Find out which other cultures had existed there for thousands of years.
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Columbus landing on the island of Guanahani, West Indies