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CZBrats

History of Portobelo

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is an article about the History of Portobelo, taken from the Panama Canal Review, Fall 1971. Portobelo was a market town as well as a fortress.
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: America & the British Empire: Quiz (1)

For Students 9th - 10th
10-question multiple choice quiz is scored immediately and covers the relationship between the American colonies and the British Empire.
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Other

Uwo: Early Writing in Canada Susannah Moodie

For Students 9th - 10th
These are excerpts from Susannah Moodie's book 'Roughing it in the Bush'.
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Other

Courts of Nova Scotia: Author on the Bench: Thomas Chandler Haliburton

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton comments on his dual careers as the writer/creator of Sam Slick and as a jurist.
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Athabasca University: Centre for Language and Literature: Susanna Moodie

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A biograhpy about Susanna Moodie, with information on her marriage and family life, emigration to Canada, and early publications. Read about her best-known book, "Roughing it in the Bush," and her latter works.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: 1492: An Ongoing Vogage: Inventing America

For Students 9th - 10th
Archived exhibition reveals how European writers and mapmakers thought about America during the Age of Discovery. Describes the allegorical images Europeans sometimes used to portray America and features the Gutierrez map, drawn in 1562,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the American colonists response to the Intolerable Acts and how it began to unify the colonists.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taxation Without Representation Uproar Over the Stamp Act

For Students 9th - 11th
An overview of the American colonist reaction to the Stamp Act.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Townshend Acts and Committees of Correspondence

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Townshend Acts and Committees of Correspondence during American colonial times.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Transatlantic Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Transatlantic Trade whereby Europe, Africa, and the America's engaged in a network of people, raw materials, finished goods, merchants, and sailors bringing wealth to colonial empires. The consequences of the...
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Curated OER

Flatarch.jpg (131432 Bytes)

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is an article from The Panama Canal Review - December 7, 1962, about the flat arch in the ruins of the Church of Santo Domingo (related to the colonial period in the history of Panama). It also has a picture of the Church of...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Mexico: Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco

For Students 9th - 10th
Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been...
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Curated OER

Josiah Austin: Teapot

For Students 9th - 10th
Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...
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Curated OER

Paul Revere, Jr.: Teapot

For Students 9th - 10th
Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...
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Curated OER

Jacob Boelen: Teapot

For Students 9th - 10th
Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...
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Curated OER

Paul Revere, Jr.: Teapot

For Students 9th - 10th
Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: Environmental/health Effects in New World

For Students 9th - 10th
European arrival in the Americas decimated both indigenous people and previously-flourishing ecosystems.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Dutch Influences Remain

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes how New Netherland, later to be called New York, was originally possessed by the Dutch. Many traditions stem from the practices that they started.
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Curated OER

Map: Imperialism and the Balance of Power

For Students 9th - 10th
World maps of the Colonial Empires of 1914 as well as their revenues during that time period. There are also maps depicting urban growth, type of government, wars and atrocities, and living conditions of the world in 1900.
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Curated OER

Map: Imperialism and the Balance of Power

For Students 9th - 10th
World maps of the Colonial Empires of 1914 as well as their revenues during that time period. There are also maps depicting urban growth, type of government, wars and atrocities, and living conditions of the world in 1900.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Making Rules

For Students 5th - 8th
Follow the incremental process that the colonial leaders took over a ten-year period of time making new rules that would finally result in independence from Great Britain. See how many of them really didn't plan on independence, but that...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Revolution: Continental Congress [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the rules by which the Continental Congress governed colonial America. Learners will identify people who held positions of leadership...
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A&E Television

History.com: What Did the Three Continental Congresses Do?

For Students 9th - 10th
During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress became America's de facto government. Over a period of 15 years, from 1774 to 1789, the Continental Congress underwent a profound evolution. Starting out as a temporary group that...
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CZBrats

Sacking of Panama City by Henry Morgan & His Buccaneers

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is an article about the Sacking of Panama City by Henry Morgan and his buccaneers. Includes links to pictures of Old Panama.

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