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University of Maryland

Early Americas Digital Archive: Journal

For Students 9th - 10th
The journal written by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Columbus Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Magnum Opus of landscape architect Jens Jensen.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Italian mariner and navigator. Discovered route to the Americas while in search of the Indies
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Italian mariner and navigator. Discovered route to the Americas while in search of the Indies
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous explorer and trader who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous explorer and trader who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1446-1506) Made the "discovery" of the New World in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Famous for his voyage to the New World in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian explorer who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in the American continents.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
(1451-1506) Italian mariner and navigator. Discovered route to the Americas while in search of the Indies
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Columbus's Three Voyages

For Students 9th - 10th
View one of the top treasures in the Library of Congress, the parchment on which is written the earliest description of Columbus's first three voyages to the New World.
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The Washington Post

Ancient Cahokia: Metropolitan Life on the Mississippi

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Washington Post gives a great description of Cahokia, one of the largest cities in the world before Columbus' contact with the New World. Read about how the great mounds were made, the trade networks established,...
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Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Coins & Currency [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Eleven-page file highlighting the history of American currency, from Columbus to the American Revolution to the Information Age. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Rcfp: State of Ohio, Ex. Rel. (Amicus Brief)

For Students 9th - 10th
A "friend of the court" document in which the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press explains why it believes that The Columbus Dispatch newspaper had the right to access government information for possible publication.
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PBS

Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Little Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know there was a global 'Little Ice Age' around the time Columbus sailed across the Atlantic? Climatologists have documented changes in temperature and how countries and people around the world were affected. What caused the LIA?...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Has My Child Been Exposed to Lead? When and How to Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Connie Hill of Columbus, Ohio, got some unsettling news after her son's 12-month checkup .A nurse called to say that the 1-year-old's blood lead level test had come back as slightly elevated, which would put him in the top 2.5 percent of...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Mapping Initial Encounters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Columbus' arrival laid the basis for encounters between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. This unit examines how these contacts altered the way of life of peoples around the globe.
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Other

Completed Maps for Fasttrack to America's Past

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interesting site provides quite a variety of maps from the 1400s to the present, all based on important events occurring in America. You can find a map of Trade Routes Before Columbus, the Japanese Empire, Civil Rights Hot Spots and...
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Other

Boat Safe Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a delightful site about boats and boating. Lots of games plus a terrific overview of the history of navigation. Includes a visit to a reproduction of Columbus' Nina.
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Virginia Tech

Digital History Reader: Demographic Catastrophe: Native Population

For Students 9th - 10th
When Christopher Columbus discovered the New World he and his entourage brought with them not only the views of Europeans, but also diseases of Europeans. This was catastrophic to the natives in the Caribbean Islands and Meso-America as...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: State Capitol, Columbus, Ohio [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the design and construction of Ohio's capitol building.

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