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PBS

Pbs: Cet: Africans in America: Arthur Middleton

For Students 9th - 10th
This instructional activity describes the rice cultivation on Arthur Middleton's South Carolina plantation and the importance of slaves to this cultivation. It also offers a description of the Middleton Family. Click on Teacher's guide...
Handout
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University of Georgia: Georgia History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has great links to the history of Georgia. Categories of links include: Prehistoric Period, Spanish Georgia, French Georgia, Georgia as an English Colony, American Revolution to the Civil War, Reconstruction to the 20th...
Interactive
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El Tren Del Fin Del Mundo

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; learn about the farthest south region of the world in Argentina which is presented via the story of a prison i the region and the supply railway that was created for it's purpose. See how the rail is not a tourist...
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Curated OER

Etc: N America Illustrating the Conquest of Canada and War of Indep, 1757 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern North America illustrating the Conquest of Canada and the War of Independence (1757-1783). The map shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography and political boundaries. The map is color-coded to show the...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rule, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Three documents reflecting official views of how to rule and regulate a successful colony in New France, Jamaica, and the Spanish Indies. Includes teacher reasources for framing discussion.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: British Colonies After the French and Indian War, 1764

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the eastern portion of North America showing the British, Spanish, and Indian territories after the French and Indian War (1754-1763), with the proclamation line as established by the Treaty of Paris (1763). "The newly acquired...
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Curated OER

Etc: Territorial Development of the United States, 1783 1889

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1889 of North America showing the expansion in the region of the United States from the original Thirteen Colonies at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to the time the map was made, around 1889, before the territories...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Hardships, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Three English, a French, and a Spanish primary account of the staggering losses, misery, and deprivation that characterized early European settlement as well as the resilience needed to overcome those challenges.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Moses Austin 1761 1821

For Students 3rd - 8th
A good resource that provides the life history of Moses Austin, one of the founders of the lead industry in America. Before he died, he had a vision of establishing an American colony in Spanish controlled Texas.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Go Ahead, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
A Spanish, an English, and a French account of the enormous challenges in maintaining a colonial presence in North America and of the potential national loss-of pride, wealth, and possibility for expansion-if nations abandoned these...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: First Arrivals, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Numerous visual images of artifacts from English settlements at Jamestown and at Plymouth, and from Spanish settlement in Hispaniola, and three original accounts of each of those early settlements that describe the possibilities and the...
Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Treaty of Paris 1763

For Students 9th - 10th
Visitors will find a transcript of the text of the Treaty of Paris. The beginning has a long description of the people and countries involved in the Seven Years' War. It goes on to state the terms of the peace treaty for France after...
Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Martin De Leon

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and work of Martin de Leonwas, a rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario descended from Spanish aristocracy who later established De Leon's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas.
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1765

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1765 after the French and Indian War, as defined by the Treaty of 1763, Proclamation of 1763, and the Royal Orders of 1764-1767. The map shows the British Colonies on the...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1775

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1775, before the outbreak of hostilities during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows the boundaries of the British Colonies along the Atlantic, the Proclamation Line of...
Article
PBS

Africans in America: Fort Mose

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from PBS describes how Fort Mose was established by runaway slaves in Spanish Florida. It also explains what happened to the inhabitants after Spain lost control of Florida.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Eastern North America, 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern North America in 1812 subtitled 'The War of Independence and the War of 1812-1814.’ The map is color-coded to show the territories of the original thirteen colonies, the territory to the west that was ceded to the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa shortly after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. These European and independent boundaries include Algeria and the Saharan Sphere of French Influence,...
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Curated OER

Etc: Attempts at Huguenot Settlements in Florida, 1562 1565

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the southern Atlantic coastline showing the early attempts by the French Huguenots under Jean Ribault to establish settlements in the Spanish territory of Florida. The map shows the sites of Charles Fort (Charlesfort) South...
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Curated OER

Slideshow

For Students 9th - 10th
Three documents reflecting official views of how to rule and regulate a successful colony in New France, Jamaica, and the Spanish Indies.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central North America, 1755

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of central North America showing territorial claims at the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1755. The map shows the Oregon Country, the Spanish claims to New Spain and Florida, the French claims to Louisiana and Canada,...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Spain: Archaeological Ensemble of Merida

For Students 9th - 10th
The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Merida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of the old city include, in particular,...
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Other

Si Spain: La Perdida De Las Colonias

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Spanish history. In 1889 Spain looses its last colonies, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philipines.