In this lesson plan, students will consider "Images of the New World." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

Mari Foroutan details the features of Mars that are remarkably similar to those of Earth- and those that can only be found on the red planet. [4:30]

Identify when to use semicolons and commas in complex sentences.

Type in the word that comes BEFORE the comma or semi-colon and then the comma or semi-colon. Click on "Submit Answers" to see how you did.

A ten question punctuation quiz utilizing comma, colon, semicolon, and a period. If answered incorrectly, students are able to select a different answer. The percentage of accuracy from their first answer is calculated at the top.

Outlines what the Company of One Hundred was and what they aimed to accomplish in the New World with the fur trade and colonization.

The most dramatic change in North Carolina's demographic history post-colonization has been the rapid change in its ethnic composition. For many decades the state has been characterized by a population that was dominated by whites and a...

Read about the role of King Leopold of Belgium in the colonization of the Belgian Congo and the extreme exploitation of the people living there in a vivid portrayal by Bertrand Russell.

A brief history of the exploration and colonization of the state of Delaware. Includes information about the early Swedish settlement in present day Wilmington.

Which punctuation do we use? Here you will find seven different set of exercises so you can test your knowledge of when to use a period, a comma, a colon or parentheses.

African leaders responded in diverse ways to European colonization. Armed resistance, trade embargos, and forming alliances with European powers are a few methods. Read the example of one African state (Ethiopia) that retained their...

The Guide to Grammar & Style provides this tutorial on two common uses for the semicolon: 1)to separate items in a list after a colon, and 2)to separate two independent clauses in one sentence.

This is a brief overview of the Native American cultures, languages, and diversity amont the many tribes that lived in North America prior to European contact.

This resource provides a brief discussion of each of the following types of punctuation: apostrophes, brackets, colons, commas, dashes, full-stops, inverted commas, question marks, and semi-colons. Examples are included for each type of...

An illustrated guide to American colonization and the original 13 Colonies.

Information about Dutch colonization in America. There is mention of Peter Minuit and Peter Stuyvesant.

A chart of statistics concerning European colonialism towards the end of the imperialist era.

Briefly describes Belgium's role in the Scramble for Africa and provides a little longer explanation of King Leopold's ruthless rule of the African Congo Basin.

A lengthy lesson plan that examines French and English approaches to exploration and colonization in reference to religious factors. Using primary sources from French missionary Gabriel Sagard and Wiliam Bradford, first governor of...

Part of the BBC's "Story of Africa" series, this article covers 19th century exploration and colonization. Archived.

A bilingual overview about the French colonization of the New World. Primary source documents are provided on this Library of Congress site.

The America that greeted the first Europeans was, thus, far from an empty wilderness. It is now thought that as many people lived in the Western Hemisphere as in Western Europe at that time -- about 40 million. Estimates of the number of...

View the complete text of the 1620 British Charter for the settlement of New England granting authority to colonize and govern.

One major cause of acne is the colonization and infection of clogged pores with bacteria. By testing different acne medications and treatments, you will be able to determine their effectiveness when it comes to killing bacteria.