Vermont

Summary
A lesson on the history of the state of Vermont. The reading is accompanied by true/false questions.

Objectives
• To introduce students to salient features about Vermont?s history.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
Vermont is one of the six New England states located in the northeast corner of the United States. Vermont is a small state that is divided from New Hampshire to the east by the Connecticut River and from New York to the west by Lake Champlain. Massachusetts is south of Vermont and Vermont shares a northern border with Canada.

Early History of Vermont
Being one of the New England states, Vermont?s modern history begins with early European exploration. In the 1600?s, French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City in Canada in 1608 and in 1609 he explored and mapped the region around Lake Champlain. The name Vermont is derived from the French les verts monts, the green mountains. In fact, the Green Mountains, part of the great Appalachian Mountains that extend from New England to Georgia, run through the middle of Vermont from north to south. The French established a fort on Isle La Motte, an island in Lake Champlain, in 1666.

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