Geography
Maps
Just For Fun Geography Quiz (Nat. Geographic)
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The 5 Themes of Geography
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Early Peoples of the Americas
Video: When did the First Americans Arrive? (PBS)
Video: The Clovis Point, First American Invention (PBS)
Early Civilizations
The Mayans (1100 BCE - 900 CE )
The Aztecs (1100- August 13, 1521 )
Listen: Aztec poetry read aloud
The Inca (1200-1572)
Listen:Inca Creation Myth
Exploration in the Western Hemisphere by Europeans
Chrisopher Columbus
Map of Columbus' voyages |
Sources
Newsela Article: The Explorers- Columbus
Primary Source (this was written by Columbus) Newsela : "Columbus' Letter Announcing His Discovery, 1493"
Primary Source (written by Columbus)
Newsela: "Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain" |
The Effects of Christopher Columbus
Newsela: "History Books Teach us about the Islands Columbus Found, But Not the People"
Learn about the Taino people, the "Indians" that Columbus first met.