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The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Your students' world will literally take shape in this presentation, which chronicles the growing edges of the (flat) earth during European Exploration of New Worlds. Dias, da Gama, Magellean, and Columbus are key players in this game of...
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Lesson Plan
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Colonization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North American and the Caribbean.
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Lesson Plan
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West Indies and The Caribbean: Sugar & Slavery

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the state of the world before the slave trade. They explain the geography and economics of the slave trade. They explore primary sources and how historians use these sources to create historical interpretations.
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Interactive
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Keats' Poems Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about the poetry of John Keats. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Age of Exploration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The Age of Exploration provides a way for students to learn about various topics relating to geography, history, and science.
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Lesson Plan
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Native People of the Caribbean

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders use a map and locate and define the Caribbean region and then work in groups to read the passage and timeline. The groups' reader will read the passage aloud and the recorder makes a list of why colonists used slave...