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Exploration of the Americas
Third graders demonstrate knowledge of exploration by naming and describing accomplishments of explorers. They use the internet to find corresponding information on the explorer and fill in a chart that is provided. Students also...
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Oh, California
Learners begin this lesson by charting information about the relationship between the Spanish missionaries and Native Americans at a California mission. Then, students identify the dynamics of those relationships that would have made...
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The Puzzle of the Ice Age Americans
Students describe alternative theories for how the first humans cane to America. In this human origin instructional activity students study the origins of the first Americans.
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Americas: Physical Map
In this Americas physical map worksheet, students make note of the major landforms and bodies of water located on the North American and South American continents.
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Americas Review Word Search Puzzle
In this social studies worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the Americas in the word search. They also work on spelling skills.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: The Americas: Identity, Culture, and Power
A collection of twenty-eight video lectures, this course is designed to offer you a novel and innovative alternative to conventional classes in the humanities and social sciences. The lectures focus on the identity, culture, and power of...
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Americas
This resource provides a practice test which allows users to test their geographical knowledge of the Americas.
Curated OER
National Park Service: The Forts of Old San Juan: Guardians of the Caribbean
Visit such Spanish sites in Puerto Rico as El Morro, the fort that provided the keystone to protection of the Spanish Empire that spread across the Caribbean. Many photographs and drawings.
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National Park Service: Los Castillos Del Viejo San Juan: Guardianes Del Caribe
A great site for Spanish Exploration. See one of the greatest fortresses in the Western Hemisphere. King Phillip IV called it "The front and vanguard of all my West Indies, and consequently the most important of them all and the most...
Library of Congress
Loc: Portuguese Mapping the New World
The Library of Congress provides a discussion of the importance of Portugal in the "European Age of Discovery and Exploration." Includes links to related pages within this same Library of Congress site.
Other
Native American Indian Art
This site provides illustrations and descriptions of Native American art and painting. Visual sampling of many Native American artists.