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Bound for Texas!

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a series of articles on the history of Texas such as "The First People", "The Republic" and more.
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A&E Television

History.com: Vasco Nunez De Balboa

For Students 5th - 8th
A short biography of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, a Spanish explorer, who is credited with sighting the Pacific Ocean while crossing the isthmus of Panama.
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: American West: Images and Identities: Guns

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated instructor's notes for an American studies course consider the use of firearms, including the Winchester rifle, in the American West from the onset of Spanish exploration until the end of the nineteenth century.
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Latin America & the Conquistadors

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the way the Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the indigenous people they met.
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Other

California Missions Virtual Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
Be sure to play the beautiful Mission Music as you explore this colorful journey into the history of the California missions.
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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Pablo Picasso

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this bibliography and image gallery of the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. Uses popups.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Panfilo De Narvaez

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Panfilo de Narvaez (1470: 1528), a Spanish conquistador and explorer who was famous for the exploration of Cuba and for leading an ill fated expedition to Florida and North America. This site has a Google widget that will...
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Other

Importancia De La Escuela

For Students 9th - 10th
Using native Spanish speakers, this webiste explores how school are complex realities. The focus is on school is as a social instution in relationship to the family or the State.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Drake's West Indian Voyage 1588 1589

For Teachers 6th - 8th
While studying early American exploration pupils will view the maps Sir Francis Drake used in his attacks of the Spanish in the New World. This lesson plan makes use of primary source maps to help the students learn how to analyze them.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who led the first European expedition to explore the upper California coast.
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Other

Shaw Guides: Guide to Career Cooking & Wine Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in a career in the cooking industry? Explore the Shaw Guide to career cooking and wine schools to learn about education training in this industry.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Sir Martin Frobisher

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594), one of the first English navigators to search for a Northwest Passage to India and eastern Asia. He became known as one of the greatest seamen during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1491 1607: Environmental/health Effects in New World

For Students 9th - 10th
European arrival in the Americas decimated both indigenous people and previously-flourishing ecosystems.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Hispanic Reading Room: Cabrillo's Discovery of California

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a brief explanation of Cabrillo's travels up the coast of California. A map of Cabrillo's expedition is also included.
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University of Florida

Florida Museum: 400 Years of Florida Shipwrecks

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition from Florida Museum demonstrates that the waters surrounding Florida are treacherous indeed! The site identifies famous shipwrecks from as far back as 1559. Artifacts and pictures abound.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: La Aventura De Las Particulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the fundamentals of particles and forces with this site. Explore the paths that explain matter in the universe.
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Other

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Pre European Expoloration

For Students 9th - 10th
Arkansas had many thriving cultures before the coming of the Spanish. Read about Indian culture from the Paleo Indians through the Caddo tribe in 1500.
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Other

Journal of San Diego History: The Discoverer of Alta California

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly article seeking to determine whether the man who discovered San Diego Bay, and who explored much of the coast of California for the Spanish, was Spanish - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, or Portuguese - Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho.
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US National Archives

Docsteach: Lewis & Clark's Expedition to the Complex West

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity can be used as an introduction or for a closer study of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Students will learn that the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 and President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and...
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Numismatics: Coins and Currency in Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Valuable lessons in the history of Europeans' early exploration and settlement of America can be gained by following the money used in trade. Coins and Currency exhibition lets you examine evidence of Spanish, British, Dutch, French, and...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo: Landscape Painting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan uncovers the "tricks" artists use when creating a landscape painting. Students will explore the work of American artists George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, and Winslow Homer. One of the activities is in spanish.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Finding the Carbon in Sugar

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn that fossil fuels release energy when they are burned, and this takes the forms of light, heat, gases, etc. In this activity they explore combustion with a candle and with sugar. The activity and accompanying PowerPoint...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: What Makes Water Special?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
In this lesson students will explore and compare the physical properties of water and oil. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.

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