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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian: Song for the Horse Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Other

Colonial America: Native American Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the Native American cultures before Contact and some discussion of the interaction with Europeans after Columbus. From an on-line American History textbook.
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
A page on the elements of the Exchange that made the most significant impact. Clicking on the item brings up a page of explanation.
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Unit Plan
University of Minnesota

University of Minnasota: Columbian Exchange

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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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,...
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the Age of Exploration by looking at Christopher Columbus, the Columbian Exchange, the explorer Zheng He, the conquest of Mexico, and pirates who roamed the Caribbean.
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Primary
Brown University

John Carter Brown Library: Atlantic Materia Medica

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Zagat's Guide to the Columbian Exchange

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a unit plan designed for a class that meets for approximately 60-96 minutes. It is also recommended that this project be used to conclude a unit that covers European exploration and the Columbian Exchange. Students will work...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
The rapid pace of globalization today is a continuation and acceleration of processes that began 500 years ago. This article discusses that not only humans started to travel the world, but also plants, species, bacteria, and viruses....
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: The Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
The Columbia exchange moved commodities, people, and diseases across the Atlantic.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: Quiz 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick, five question quiz over the Columbian Exchange, Spanish conquest, and the Spanish Colonial system.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: The Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick comprehension check over the Columbian Exchange and Spanish Exploration.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: The Columbian Exchange

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Use the three sources about Columbian Exchange and your knowledge of social studies to answer questions.
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Other

Mesoweb: Mesoamerican Time Line

For Students 9th - 10th
Mesoweb provides a timeline that shows which cultures existed when in Mesoamerica and where.
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BBC

Bbc: History: Columbian Exchange

For Students 9th - 10th
A page describing the Columbian Exchange lists the articles of the exchange and the wider scope of the impact on the world.