Curated OER
Writing Exercise: The Encounter and Columbian Exchange
Examine the effects and interrelationships that came about because of the Columbian Exchange. Learners answer three short essay questions to improve their expository writing skills and understanding of early globalization.
Council for Economic Education
The Columbian Exchange
What did you have for dinner last night? Many scholars ask that question without considering the history behind the foods they eat. Using a simulation, scholars investigate how the foods they eat are the product of the Columbian...
Curated OER
The Columbian Exchange
Take a closer look at what was traded between the Europeans and the Americas during the Columbian Exchange and which led to important cultural and economic developments in both regions. Tip: Expand the assignment to include animals,...
Curated OER
The Columbian Exchange
Seventh graders investigate the impact of the Columbian Exchange. In this Exploration Age activity, 7th graders view video clips and read materials related to the trade that took place in the era. Students use SMARTNotebook slides to...
Curated OER
Columbian Exchange
In this Columbian exchange history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the Columbian exchange and then respond to a reflection question.
University of California
The Virgin of Guadalupe
A worldly resource focuses on the transfer of goods, ideas, and religion that took place as part of the Columbian exchange. Academics view sources such as text and artwork to help them complete a worksheet.
Curated OER
The Encounter Between the New and Old Worlds
Studying global trade during the time of exploration? This multiple-choice quiz will ensure that your learners did their reading. Questions relate to trade and exchange between Spain, Portugal, and the Americas.
Curated OER
The Columbian Exchange, or "Which Way Did it Go?"
In this Columbian exchange worksheet, students determine which item traveled to the "New World" from the "Old World" in a series of thirty questions related to trade.
Curated OER
Trading In The New World
Eighth graders study the Columbian exchange, Northwest Passage, and identify the French and North American trading. After students read from their text, they create their own worksheets with answers, and graphically organize material. ...
Council for Economic Education
Mercantilists and the Midas Touch
What is the connection between greed and mercantilism? Historians consider this question by analyzing a fairy-tale like story about King Midas from the nineteenth century. The background information and excerpt help pupils understand the...
Curated OER
Triangular Trade
In this triangular trade study guide worksheet, young scholars read a brief overview pertaining to the trade linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas and then respond to a reflection question.
Curated OER
Spanish Conquest of South America
Have your class consider what life in South America would have been like if it were colonized by a country other than Spain. This presentation provides information on the influences and effects of Spanish exploration and colonization of...
Big History Project
Human Migration Patterns II
While humans have always been on the move, the period between 1400 and 1800 saw vast migrations of people between the East and the West. These migrations—whether through slavery or a desire to colonize new lands—shaped the modern world....
University of California
Tenochtitlán
Behold, the Great Aztec empire! Scholars use primary sources to understand the impact of the Aztec city Tenochtitlan. Academics complete a worksheet and participate in group discussion to understand how Tenochtitlan was a melting pot for...
Curated OER
The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Columbian Exchange
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Columbian Exchange.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnasota: Columbian Exchange
This resource consists of texts and images dealing with the Columbian Exchange. Its goal is to evaluate the mixed consequences of the Columbian Exchange by examining two of its most infamous elements: small pox and chocolate.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: The Columbian Exchange
The Columbia exchange moved commodities, people, and diseases across the Atlantic.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Columbian Exchange
A fascinating look at the exchanges that took place around the world after the Americas were discovered. This covered the gamut from diseases which wiped out 90% of the native peoples in North and South America, to farm animals, tools,...
Mariners' Museum and Park
Age of Exploration: The Great Exchange
A great description and explanation of the exchange that took place between the Old World and New World as a result of European exploration. Find examples of plants, animals, and diseases that were traded as a result of exploration and...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Song for the Horse Nation
An exhibition about horses in Native American cultures takes a sweeping look at the ways in which Native peoples, past and present, regard horses and horsemanship. Learn how the horse transformed Native approaches to the hunt, warfare,...
Digital History
Digital History: Overview of the Colonial Era
The year 1492 marks a watershed in modern world history. Columbus's voyage of discovery inaugurated a series of developments that would have vast consequences for both the Old World and the New. It transformed the diets of both the...
Brown University
John Carter Brown Library: Atlantic Materia Medica
Exhibit of scientific treatises and natural histories dating from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries demonstrates the impact of trans-Atlantic trade and travel on medical practice and principles.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Food, Demographics, and Culture
This unit probes into the role food plays in society in terms of culture, economy and global awareness since the primary globalization in the 1500s through videos, various readings, and activities.