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\nAfrica: Names and Nations of Note\n

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\nYoung scholars explore Africa. In this global studies lesson, students research the history of African nations, noting the impact of European colonization and other historical events. Young scholars design posters about the nations they...\n
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\nJean Baptiste Pointe DuSable: Haitian Frontier Fur Trapper and Explorer\n

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\nEighth graders investigate the life and contributions of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. They read and discuss an informational handout, define five words from the passage, conduct Internet research, and write a journal entry from the...\n
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\nThe Race to Dominate the Known World\n

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\nStudents describe cause/effect relationship of a European country's need for resources, exploration, colonization, and settlement of different regions of the world beginning in the 14th Century, and role play representatives of assigned...\n
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\nHow Would You Feel?\n

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\nSixth graders put themselves in the shoes of aborigines who were displaced from their homes in the 1800s by Europeans who came in and took their land from them. They discuss the social injustices suffered by these people, and write...\n
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\n\"Exploration:\n\n
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\nExploration: Writing Research Papers\n

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\nStudents use the Internet to search for model research papers, analyze the style of introductions. They write an introduction to a research paper on European explorers. This research project may be completed individually or with students...\n
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\nSecond Star To the Left and Straight On 'Till Morning\" - Spreadsheet Driven Exploration of Pacific Asian Geography\n

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\nStudents explore the geography of Pacific Asia. The class is divided into two groups to participate in a role-play activity where they act as European explorers. Students utilize mathematics, spreadsheet and internet technology to make...\n
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\nI'll Trade a Ponce de Leon for a Columbus...\n

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\nThird graders research the discovery of the Americas by various explorers. They create a multiedia presentation about an explorer of their choice including their motivations, obstacles, and successes. Their explorer information will be...\n
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\nTacoma Narrows Bridge\n

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\nStudents, in groups, create a profile of different Pacific Northwest explorers. They develop PowerPoint presentations and maps to showcase their findings.\n
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\nOcean Exploration\n

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\nSea explorers and scientists have found that because of temperatures being two to three degrees Celsius at the bottom of the ocean, most animals are lethargic in order to conserve energy. In this web quest, pairs of learners read about...\n
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\nWhat They Left Behind: Early Multi-National Influences in the United States\n

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\nStudents research the impact of European voyages of discovery and colonial influence on different aspects of American culture. They access a number of online sources and reference maps to trace the influences of England, France, Holland,...\n
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\nThe Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards\n

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\nDelve into the complex social and political structures of Native Americans prior to the arrival of European colonists. This video provides an overview of pre-Columbian America, with particular regard to the the colonization efforts of...\n
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\nA Day inthe Life of a San Francisco Native Animal\n

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\nAlthough the instructional activity is specifically about the San Francisco Bay area, it's good enough to be adapted to any local region. Children research what the landscape in San Francisco was like prior to settlement, they consider...\n
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\nHow Does Your Garden Grow? Discovering How Weather Patterns Affect Natural Cycles\n

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\nFor the warm-up in this cool climate lesson, you will need to click on \"Mapping\" and then \"US Mapping\" once you arrive at NOAA's \"US Climate at a Glance\" page. Earth science explorers realize that 2012 was a warm winter for us. They read...\n
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\nThe Sounds of an Island: Jamaican Music for the Classroom\n

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\nIntroduce young explorers to the music and history of Jamaican culture through game songs and dances. As a bonus, class members get to play simple songs transcribed for the recorder.\n
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\nWar and Nation Building in Latin America: Crash Course World History 225\n

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\nDoes war hinder the growth of nation-states, or does it facilitate development? A video from Crash Course World History examines this question in the context of Latin America, particularly how the lack of international war in Central and...\n
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\nColumbian Contexts\n

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\nHigh schoolers explore geo-political and economic contexts for the European Renaissance journeys of exploration, including those of Columbus, create cartographic symbols, and add those symbols to a print-out of Ptolemy's map.\n
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\nThe Great Exchange\n

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\nSixth graders examine the connection that the present has to the past and how different cultures impact each other with lasting results. They discuss European exploration in North America and West Africa by describing cultural...\n
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\nDiscovery of America\n

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\nStudents examine the European conquest of North America. They participate in activities which allow them to discover the indigenous peoples of the region. They also place events in chrongological order.\n
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\nAmerica's Stone Age Explorers\n

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\nStudents watch a Nova program examining the earliest in habitants of the Americas. In groups. they take notes on various topics covered in the program. Among the topics covered are: the Clovis people, Solutrean culture, migration...\n
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\nExploring Indiana's Natural Resources\n

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\nFourth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the European exploration of the Midwest, focusing on Indiana. They map the path explorers took, comparing the British with the French. They research why the explorers stopped...\n
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\nPonce de Leon\n

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\nFifth graders explain that the discoveries of Ponce de Leon were important, both in and of themselves and to the destinies of Europeans and Native Americans. They write an essay highlighting two of his important discoveries.\n
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\nMultiple Perspectives: Newspaper Stories and Editorials\n

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\nNewspapers are the perfect medium through which to explore different perspectives in informational text. After researching the fur trade and resultant colonization, groups write a newspaper, including an editorial page, selecting one of...\n
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\nThe Colonization of the United States\n

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\nBring the Age of Exploration into the 21st century with this ancestry activity! Learners get a chance to explore the complex genealogy of the Spanish settlers through watching two video clips (approximately five minutes each) featuring...\n
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\nMapping Mistakes\n

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\nStudents examine early European maps and explore geographic errors. They also view maps of the geography of North America. Students discuss the obstacles faced by early explorers in mapping unexplored territory. They consider what the...\n
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