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Results: 191 Exploration and conquest Lesson Plans
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the importance of the conquistadores in exploring, and settling the North American continents. They analyze the contributions of explorers such as Esteban Gomez. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students read a New York Times article in order to explore issues about the celebration of Columbus Day. They, working in groups, research the legacy of exploration and colonization. They use the research to create a first person narrative. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students read and research the effects of the Spanish Conquistadors on the New World. Then they break into small groups and play a game of Jeopardy, using the facts that they have learned. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use worksheets, textbooks and articles to research the pros and cons of the European exploration and conquest of the New World. They consider the debate from the point of view of the Indians and the Europeans. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students examine Columbus's discovery of the New World and why people began to come to the Americas. They role-play, write and draw illustrations to help them comprehend the material. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research an explorer that explored Florida, the Southwest or Northwest of America. They discuss the consequences of the explorers actions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students search interactive sites to discover the history of exploration. They inspect an explorers' timeline and read about them. They participate in a Viking quest game and a multimedia recreation of Marco Polo's explorations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the Southwest with a time line beginning with 35,000 B.C. On one side of the line is recorded events in the southwestern United States. Opposite, they record events, either parallel or contrasting, elsewhere in the world. For each event one card has a date and a caption; on a second they create a small picture. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students research and create a Web Quest on local hero Nelson Miles using a web site dedicated to the career of Nelson Miles. They identify the Massacre at Wounded knee in time, location and its importance to the century's long battle between whites and Indians Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students examine why Europe became the global leader in exploration. They identify the countries, kingdoms, and figures involved in exploration, and the significance of what they did. They identify and explain how and what sorts of technological innovations made exploration possible. Full Review »