Curated OER
Living Through Fire
Students investigate the poverty found in Haiti. In this current events lesson, students research the noted Web sites to study Haiti's geography, history, and civil war.
Curated OER
U.S.-Cuba Relations
Students study the history of United State/Cuba relations. In this diplomacy lesson, students research selected websites to gather information regarding various topics of significance between the U.S. and Cuba since 1868. Students...
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Ponce de Leon: The First Conquistador
Students learn why Queen Isabella waited nearly six years to give approval to Columbus to travel west and what event caused her to suddenly support the voyage of Columbus.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: The Caribbean: First Contact
This site details the initial contact of the European colonizers with the Caribbean islands. The site explains how the Caribbean became colonized and also has maps, quotes, and artwork.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Mundial Caribe
This site has a map, in Spanish, of the Caribbean islands. Click on any island for greater detail.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus: The Second Voyage
A report of Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the New World. Find out what islands he visited in the Caribbean, and discover how successful he was in finding riches.
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Latin American Countries With Their Capitals
Presents a map and list of all the Latin American countries, along with their capitals, population, land area, and names of the largest cities. (Note: Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, not a country on its own.)
Other
The Ministry of Culture: Cuba
The Cuban Ministry of Culture provides this official web site dedicated to the preservation and expansion of Cuban culture.
A&E Television
History.com: Why Isn't Puerto Rico a State?
Located about a thousand miles southeast of Florida, Puerto Rico is a Caribbean archipelago with a complex colonial history and political status. As a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico's 3.2 million residents are U.S. citizens....
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1783
A map of North America, Central America, and northern South America at the end of the American Revolutionary War (1783). The map is color-coded to show the territory of the United States at the time, British possessions in Canada,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: North America and West Indies, 1870
A map of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean to St. Thomas and St. John islands in 1870 showing political boundaries at the time, mountain systems and terrain, rivers, and major cities. The map is color-coded to show the...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: The United States and Neighbors, 1898
A map from 1898 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico, subtitled "The United States and its Neighbors in North America." The map is color-coded to show the possessions of Greenland (to Denmark),...
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Indigenous Ceremonial Centre of Tibes
This site give background on Tibes, one of the most important archaeological sites in Puerto Rico or the Caribbean -- it was home to one of the oldest Taino ceremonial complexes in the islands (includes ancient ball courts). Site has...