Curated OER
Fur Trading
Students take on a role such as a farming community, hunting community or a trading post. They decide which products they focus on and then trade with the other groups.
Curated OER
Marquette and Joliet Explore the Mississippi in 1673
Students locate and name the St. Lawrence River, the five Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River on a modern map. They find Quebec, Michilimackinac, Wisconsin, and Chicago on that map. They find the same places on a 1681 map.
Curated OER
The Indus Valley Civilization
In this social studies word search instructional activity, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Indus Valley Civilization. There are 17 words located in the puzzle.
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University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Explorers, Traders and Immigrants [Pdf]
This unit examines eight global commodities from their points of origin and the social, cultural, political, and economic changes they have wrought along their way. Each case study encompasses four "stops" along the commodity journey:...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Mediterranean World
This website contains information about the people using the Mediterranean during the Renaissance. Mentions cultural diversity, humanism, economics and port cities. Includes the setting, cultural diversity, and changing order of the...
Other
American Mountain Men: Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
On-line research center features numerous resources dedicated to the history of the Mountain Men in the American West. This project includes primary sources, images, maps, artwork, newspaper articles, artifacts, and links to related...
University of Calgary
Merchants & Traders: 330 Bce 1500ce
Article provides a brief examination of the merchants and traders of Africa during the early period of African history.
Black Past
Black Past: Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point
This encyclopedia article gives a brief account of the life of Jean-Baptiste DuSable, the founder of what became Chicago.