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Between Aztlan and Quivira: Europeans and Indians in the Southwestern United States Lesson PlanBetween Aztlan and Quivira: Europeans and Indians in the Southwestern United States Lesson Plan
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Between Aztlan and Quivira: Europeans and Indians in the Southwestern United States

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Students explore the Southwest with a time line beginning with 35,000 B.C. On one side of the line is recorded events in the southwestern United States. Opposite, they record events, either parallel or contrasting, elsewhere in the world. For each event one card has a date and a caption; on a second they create a small picture.

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