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Curated OER

Anasazi/Mesoamerican/Andean: Time and Cultural Passages

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders role play the position of someone in one of six different civilization groups. They research the group's development, advancement and fall of their civilization. They create a presentation to share the information with...
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Curated OER

Scenes of Reverence: The Virgin of Guadalupe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the history of Christianity in New Spain. They learn the story and significance of the Virgin of Guadalupe. They compare and contrast images of the Virgin and religious art to European counterparts.
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Curated OER

Cultural Show and Tell

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners research their own cultural heritage and share it with the class in a Show and Tell presentation.
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Curated OER

American Civilization - The Ice Age

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the Ice Age land bridge over the Bering Straits and how it affected the population of the Americas. They construct a clay model of the land bridge and research common animals of the time.
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Curated OER

Multimedia Stained Glass Window Design

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct and display a stained glass gothic window box made from cardboard boxes, color tissue or colored plastic sheets of mylar, and glue.
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Curated OER

A Twist On American Symbolism

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover how and why flag and national anthem of the United States were created, and in what ways they represent the foundation of our national identity.
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Curated OER

Children's Books

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore daily dilemmas students face. They write and illustrate a story book dealing with one dilemma. Students write reviews of their books. They read their books to second grade students. Additional cross curriculum activities...
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Curated OER

East to West: Africa's Influence on Mexico

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Your historians and social anthropologists study the relationship between peoples of ancient Africa and ancient Mesoamerica. They relate in written or verbal form the African presence in the ancient Americas. They create their own...
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Curated OER

Proud To Be Latino

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine and research their Latino heritage. As a class, they read a poem and write their own individual poem about their pride in being Latino. To end the activity, they read their poems to the class and discuss their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

South American Wordsearch

For Students 5th - 6th
In this social studies worksheet, students search for 25 words relating to South America. Words in the word search include names of current countries as well as those of ancient cultures of the area.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

World Leaders Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this world leaders worksheet, students read the clues about world leaders. Students circle the correct definition for each word to complete the 16 examples.
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Curated OER

Hand Built Tea Bowls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners follow directions to create clay bowls. In this pottery lesson, students use clay and the pictured tools to follow the directions and create a fire baked tea bowl.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #40

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 4 multiple choice questions covering a variety of topics. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #58

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 4 multiple choice questions complementing the May 2006 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Curated OER

The Search for the Lost City of El Dorado

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research the reasons to why people want to find the city of El Dorado. For this Spanish exploration lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students present their findings to the class on...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Aztec

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on the Aztecs discusses the legend of how they first appeared, their culture, human sacrifice, and the end of the empire.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Aztecs Mighty Warriors of Mexico

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Unit plan to teach about the Aztec civilization. Includes websites, worksheets, activities, and extending the lesson.
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Aztec

For Teachers 9th
A learning module on the Aztec Empire that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the capital of Tenochtitlan, an...
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Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico: Europeans Invade the Aztec Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes invaded the Aztec empire in the 16th century. This conquest led to the colonization of Mexico. The Newberry Library provides an in depth look into this period of Mexican history through photos,...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Native American and Aztec Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive unit on Native American and Aztec Mythology including key terms, animals and archtypes, animal tricksters, totems, readings of Cherokee and California myths, the Aztec creation myth, research assignment with...
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Yale University

Yale University: Aztec Mythology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of lesson plans on Aztec religion along with primary source readings and a student bibliography.
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Handout
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Aztec Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
By clicking on one of the links provided, you can learn about seven different Aztec myths. Choose information based upon level of difficulty at the top.
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Lesson Plan
University of California

The History Project: Aztec Life as Revealed in the Codex Telleriano Remensis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Aztec pictorial manuscript later known as the Codex Telleriano-Remensis was created in sixteenth-century Mexico, about a generation after contact. It is considered one of the most beautiful and informative remaining works by the...
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Website
University of California

University of California at San Diego: Aztec Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
An extremely detailed chronology of the Aztecs and their predecessors, stretching from 600 AD to 1521, their conquest by the Spaniards. Scroll to the end to find a genealogical chart of the Aztec royal house.

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