TOTTON U3A
HISTORY GROUP
At our first meeting in
October, it was agreed that for the next series of sessions each
member would research a specific subject connected with the History
of America. Our next meeting was held on Monday 18th
November where two very interesting topics were discussed. One was
the discovery of North America by the Vikings, and much interest was
shown as to how they actually got to America, and whether they had
any influence on the native population. The conclusion was that both
communities kept themselves apart and it was interesting that the
Vikings settled in America for about 700 years – up until after
1066.
The second part of the
morning was devoted to the Native Americans, their way of life, and
how they adapted to the various terrains they inhabited. We were
surprised at how many different tribes there were, and interested at
how they solved their differences between them, as although they did
fight among the tribes, they were not in the habit of killing each
other.
Our next meeting is on
16th December at 10am at Holmwood, Bartley.
