California Academy of Science
Guess That Spice
From medical treatments to cooking, people have been using herbs and spices for thousands of years. Perform a blind smell test of household herbs and spices to engage students in learning about ancient spice trading. Research the history...
Curated OER
Priceless Gifts
Third graders read about Italy and the complete activities that investigate the spice trade. In this spice trade lesson plan, 3rd graders analyze characters, write a thank you note, speak Italian, and complete language activities.
Curated OER
Causation-Exploration and World Trade
Students investigate spice trade. In this world history lesson, students identify various spices in jars and their places of origin. Students listen to a lecture on how spices came to countries in Europe. Students complete a source...
Curated OER
Age of Exploration: A Class Timeline
Fourth graders create Explorer Trading Cards and individual timelines were then created on index cards with the class timeline assembled by putting all of the index cards together. They identify explorers, where they were exploring, and...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Medieval Food [Pdf]
Describes food practices in medieval times. Looks at food staples, food preservation, daily diet, recipes and cookbooks, the role of the church, and social class.
Other
Yale Global: Spices: How the Search for Flavors Influenced Our World
Looks at the history of the spice trade and describes its impact on the medieval diet. [Published: March 11, 2003]
Choices Program, Brown University
Brown University: A Brief History of Petra
An article which gives the history of Petra considered the major city of the civilization of Nabataea located in the Middle East. The area was taken over by the Roman Empire.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Grenada: History
Find out about the history of Grenada, a small island in the Caribbean. Read about its discovery by Columbus, its passing from French control to British, and its modern history. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.