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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Other Worlds the Voyage of Columbus

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a lesson plan designed for grades 9-12. The lesson plan deals with understanding the culture from which Columbus came, Renaissance Europe, and the culture he found in the New World.
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Texas Bob: The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

For Students 9th - 10th
An English translation of Cabeza De Vaca's first-hand account of his journey and quest to claim territory from Florida to Mexico for Spain.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Relations, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
One modern historical assessment and several original accounts of the mistrust, negotiations, alliances, trading, and disease transmission between European colonizers and native peoples in North America.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Chronicles of the Incas, 1540

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Fordham University "provides quite a lot of information about the Incan economy--a redistributive typical of all early civilizations."
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Ships of Discovery: Columbus's Lost Ships

For Students 5th - 8th
We all know about the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria, but what about the rest of Columbus' ships? He was a busy man after the initial discovery. This site is by a group of archaeologists who try to find historic underwater wrecks....
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Britain in the New World: Early Ventures Fail

For Students 5th - 8th
Several Englishmen sailed to the New World to establish settlements for England. Read about Sir Humphrey Gilbert's fate, and the mystery of Roanoke. Follow Sir Francis Drake on the map as he circumnavigated the globe.
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Other

Guide to Thailand: History of Thailand & Southeast Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary on the history of Southeast Asia. Click on the topics in the left side navigation bar to go to other chapters in the history.
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Texas Bob: Spain's First Occupation of East Texas 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Father Damian Massanet's first-hand account of Spain's first occupation of East Texas in the year 1690.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Juan Ponce De Leon

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1982 to commemorate the famous Spanish Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. With a short passage on his explorations to Puerto Rico and later Florida.
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SEDL

Sedl: Five Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary students will gain great insight into the workings of our five senses through this collection of detailed, integrated lesson plans for grades K-3. Each lesson contains a list of needed materials, hands-on explorations...
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Curated OER

Adventurers and Mystics: Richard Hakluyt

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides biographical information about Richard Hakluyt.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: The Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
The Columbia exchange moved commodities, people, and diseases across the Atlantic.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Oregon Controversy, 1792 1846

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Oregon Territory between the time of exploration by George Vancouver (1792) and the Oregon Treaty of 1846. The map is color-coded to show the disputed claims of the British and United States, the Russian American line of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Oregon Controversy, 1792 1846

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Oregon Territory between the time of exploration by George Vancouver (1792) and the Oregon Treaty of 1846. The map is color-coded to show the disputed claims of the British and United States, the Russian American line of...
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Curated OER

Francisco Goya

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed and well illustrated biography of the life of Franciso Goya. This site explores his life and displays some of his artwork. Available in Spanish.
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Curated OER

Etc: Routes of Lewis and Clark, 1804 1805

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of western North America showing the routes of exploration by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1803-1806), and Zebulon Pike (1806-1807). The map shows the newly purchased Louisiana Territory, the Indian Territory east of the...
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Curated OER

Etc: Route of Lewis and Clark, 1803 1806

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the route and winter camps of the Lewis and Clark explorations from St. Luis in the Louisiana Territory to Astoria on the Pacific in Oregon Country (1803-1806). The map shows natural boundaries of the British possessions...
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Curated OER

Etc: The Territorial Growth of the United States , 1783 1853

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1894 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the Russian cession of Alaska in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the original...
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Curated OER

Etc: Development of Amer Interests in the Pacific, 1791 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and Pacific Ocean showing the development of American interests in the Pacific from the early exploration of Oregon Country in 1791 to the formal annexation of the Midway Islands and the Panama Strip in 1903....
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Curated OER

Francisco Goya

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed and well illustrated biography of the life of Franciso Goya. This site explores his life and displays some of his artwork. Available in Spanish.
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Curated OER

Ecuador Travel

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Ecuador's Amazon, Andes, Coast and Galapagos regions in this tourist oriented site. Find information about things to do, essential tools, Ecuadorian cities, Hotels, Spanish Schools, Tour Operators, Travel Agencies, Galapagos...
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Curated OER

Galapagos Cruises

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Ecuador's Amazon, Andes, Coast and Galapagos regions in this tourist oriented site. Find information about things to do, essential tools, Ecuadorian cities, Hotels, Spanish Schools, Tour Operators, Travel Agencies, Galapagos...
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Curated OER

Galapagos Cruises

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Ecuador's Amazon, Andes, Coast and Galapagos regions in this tourist oriented site. Find information about things to do, essential tools, Ecuadorian cities, Hotels, Spanish Schools, Tour Operators, Travel Agencies, Galapagos...
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Curated OER

Galapagos Cruises

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Ecuador's Amazon, Andes, Coast and Galapagos regions in this tourist oriented site. Find information about things to do, essential tools, Ecuadorian cities, Hotels, Spanish Schools, Tour Operators, Travel Agencies, Galapagos...

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