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\nMiddle School World History\n

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\nA 22-lesson Middle School World History unit uses a unique problem-solving approach to teach tweens economic history. After reading articles that provide background information, pupils engage in activities and simulations that require...\n
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\nEuropean Exploration, Trade and Colonization\n

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\nStudents complete many activities including mapping, reading books, and Internet research to learn about European exploration. In this European lesson plan, students study geographical mapping, trade, and colonization.\n
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\nThe Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests\n

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\nYour students' world will literally take shape in this presentation, which chronicles the growing edges of the (flat) earth during European Exploration of New Worlds. Dias, da Gama, Magellean, and Columbus are key players in this game of...\n
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\nWriting Exercises: Collapse of European Imperialism, #3\n

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\nLearners will explore the collapse of European imperialism. They'll respond to three critical thinking questions in essay form. Topics include Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, South African apartheid, and the role Nelson Mandela,...\n
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\nEuropean Colonialism in Africa\n

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\nThe uglier side of European colonization of Africa is detailed in these slides, which include pictures and information about the Belgian Congo, the Dutch South Africa, and Britain's ongoing tensions with the Boers. Students will be...\n
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\nHow Were European Nations Capable of Dominating the African Continent?\n

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\nPrimary source documents provide a realistic context for pupils to explore. Included are 5 experts relating European ideals and methods for colonizing and controlling the African continent. Middle schoolers answer 4 critical-thinking...\n
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\nAfrica: Names and Nations of Note\n

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\nStudents explore Africa. For this global studies lesson, students research the history of African nations, noting the impact of European colonization and other historical events. Students design posters about the nations they research.\n
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\nGlory, God and Gold: Voyages and Adventures - America 1500\n

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\nBy providing an in-depth and interesting overview of European exploration in the New World, this presentation would be a wonderful complement to a unit on this topic. The 17 slide presentation is both thought-provoking and informative....\n
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\nStudying Mind Maps Created at Other Schools\n

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\nStudents explore Africa and mind maps created by students from other schools. They discuss Africa and the number of countries, diversity of language, cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles and in groups study a mind map from another...\n
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\nEuropean Explorers\n

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\nTo compare how the Spanish, French, and English approached the exploration of North America, class groups examine primary source documents and become experts on one of four explorers: Francisco Coronado, Robert LaSalle, Samuel de...\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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\nEarly European Explorers\n

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\nFifth graders complete a variety of activities surrounding European exploration of the New World. They research one explorer and write and present an essay or script in which they portray that explorer as he makes his final report to his...\n
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\nReaching Across Borders In Southern Africa\n

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\nStudents gain a greater understanding of how political borders impact human and environmental development. Then, either individually or as a class, establish a correspondence with a Peace Corps volunteer working in Africa.\n
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\nThe Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8\n

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\nWill advances in technology save us from exhausting the Earth's resources? Throughout history, progress helped us revolutionize society. The video discusses the growth in collective learning, exploration, machinery, communications,...\n
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\n'European Exploration, Conquest, and Trade\n

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\nFifth graders examine the motives, progress and results of the European exploration and conquest of Asia, Africa and the West Indies from the 15th to the 17th centuries. They use maps to trace spice routes and research the role of spices...\n
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\nAfrican Masks And Their Impact On Western Art\n

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\nExplore the influence of African-style masks on Western art. Learners create individual masks using construction paper. They discuss and explore the techniques used to create these types of masks. The resource includes links to...\n
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\nColumbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners\n

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\nLearners discover the Age of Exploration by comparing and contrasting the explorations of Zheng He, Christopher Columbus, and Vasco da Gama in this engaging history episode. The narrator discusses who may be considered the greatest...\n
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\nEuropean Explorers of North and South America\n

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\nSixth graders explore the connection between the geography of America and the migration of the Native Americans to the American continents to the future conquering of the continents by the Europeans. They discuss the causes and effects...\n
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\nEuropean Explorers\n

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\nSeventh graders research European Explorers lives. They create a Word Document, or slide show based on their research.\n
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\nWho Built Great Zimbabwe? And why?\n

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\nIt's hard to image that a mystery surrounds the second largest settlement ruins found in Africa. Who built this stone city? Why was it built? What happened to it? Why was it abandoned? A short video explores the controversies surrounding...\n
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\nChapters 14 & 15 – Age of Exploration\n

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\nIn this U.S. history worksheet, high schoolers read assigned textbook pages regarding the Age of Exploration and respond to 49 short answer questions.\n
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\nThe Beautiful People of Africa\n

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\nStudents discover the people of Africa by creating a PowerPoint presentation.  In this African culture lesson, students utilize the Internet to investigate a specific African tribe and their specific location, culture, and way of...\n
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\nEuropean Explorers\n

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\nStudents research one of seventeen explorers before filling in a worksheet. Next, they write a song verse using the information and sing it to the tune of \"Row, Row, Row Your Boat.\" On the next day, they play a game of \"Who Am I?\" using...\n
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\nCyberspace Safari\n

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\nMiddle schoolers go on an information gathering hunt on the Internet to study West African empires. They work in teams; meteorologists, bankers, writers, and archaeologists. They collect data on all sorts of topics related to West...\n
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