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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Chronicles of the Incas, 1540

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Fordham University "provides quite a lot of information about the Incan economy--a redistributive typical of all early civilizations."
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Handout
University of Calgary

Isabella I the Catholic

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is part of the University of Calgary History Department's award-winning "European Voyages of Exploration" website. It provides biographical information on Queen Isabella I of Castile and includes several images of Isabella and...
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Website
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: La Noche Triste

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. Reading fragments of three different authors: Fernado de Alva Ixtlixochitl, Fray Diego Duran and Bernal Diaz del Castillo. Learn about one of the episodes of the conquest of Mexico known as "Sad Night".
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Francisco Pizarro: Explorer

For Students 3rd - 5th
A short biography of Francisco Pizarro.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pedro De Alvarado

For Students 9th - 10th
(1495-1541) Spanish conquistador who was second command to Hernan Cortes during the conquest of Mexico.
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Article
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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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.