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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Healing Power

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who helped create a vaccination for small pox. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...