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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus
(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
Famous explorer and trader who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus
(1451-1506) Spanish explorer
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus
Famous explorer and trader who reached the Americas in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus
(1446-1506) Made the "discovery" of the New World in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus
(1451-1506) Famous for his voyage to the New World in 1492.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Christopher Columbus
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
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
(1451-1506) Italian mariner and navigator. Discovered route to the Americas while in search of the Indies
Library of Congress
Loc: American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Columbus's Three Voyages
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.
The Washington Post
Ancient Cahokia: Metropolitan Life on the Mississippi
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,...
Other
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Coins & Currency [Pdf]
Eleven-page file highlighting the history of American currency, from Columbus to the American Revolution to the Information Age. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Rcfp: State of Ohio, Ex. Rel. (Amicus Brief)
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.
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Little Ice Age
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?...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Week of 8 8 16: Has My Child Been Exposed to Lead? When and How to Test
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...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Mapping Initial Encounters
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.
Other
Completed Maps for Fasttrack to America's Past
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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Boat Safe Kids
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.
Virginia Tech
Digital History Reader: Demographic Catastrophe: Native Population
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...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: State Capitol, Columbus, Ohio [Pdf]
Information about the design and construction of Ohio's capitol building.
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Bent Toward Science Refraction
Learn about refraction in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens when light moves from one material to another.
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Paper Cup Anemometer
Make your own anemometer like meteorologists use to measure the speed of wind. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what makes wind.
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Mighty Seeds
Learn about the process of germination in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of why plants can survive in a variety of environments.
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