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Early History and Exploration Unit WorksheetEarly History and Exploration Unit Worksheet
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Reading Through History
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8th - 12th
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Early History and Exploration Unit

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We all know about Christopher Columbus, but who else explored the Americas, and specifically, the future United States of America? Learners find out these answers and more in a resource that includes four different reading sections, complete with quizzes. Topics include French exploration, the native nomadic tribes, and Spanish exploration.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

native american culture, native american history, native americans, native american tribes, oklahoma, nomads, french history, early explorers, european exploration, explorers, american history, spanish colonialism

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Plan to use each reading section as a review of what pupils learn in class
  • Use the quiz as questions on the unit test

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires some prep work, such as printing and distributing handouts

Pros

  • Includes an answer key to every provided handout 
  • Provides a student response section where pupils practice their writing and research skills 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1

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