This study guide provides information about early explorers in North America across different time periods. It includes a graphic organizer with topics like time period, food, shelter, movement, towns, trade, religion, death, and weapons to complete for the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods. It also has another graphic organizer with the same topics for the Caddo, Quapaw, and Osage groups. Finally, it lists explorers like De Soto, Marquette & Joliet, La Salle, De Tonti, and De La Harpe and requests their country of origin, dates of journey, goals, success, and legacy.