Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – Chapter 1
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Chapter 1 Introductory Essay: 1491-1607
Essay - 7552 Words
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How did the collision of cultures create a "New World"?
QFT Notes and Reflections Handout
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Student handout to facilitate formulation of questions based on maps from North America before contact with Europeans.
QFocus—Maps of PreColumbian North America and North America in 1750
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Maps from 1491 and 1754.
Native People
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Essay
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How did natives interact with each other before European contact?
The Oral Tradition of the Foundation of the Iroquois Confederacy
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Watercolors of Algonquian Peoples in North Carolina, 1585
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40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Hakluyt Primary Source Packet
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Primary Sources and questions to give students insight into Richard Hakluyt.
Hernando de Soto
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Why did Hernando de Soto explore Florida for Spain?
Columbus’s Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, 1494
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Should We Remember Christopher Columbus as a Conqueror or Explorer?
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40 Min
Should Columbus' actions be viewed from a modern lens, or based on the values of his time? Mark Christensen shares two views on this question.
Should We Remember Christopher Columbus as a Conqueror or Explorer Graphic Organizer
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A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Henry Hudson and Exploration
Essay - 2236 Words
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Why did Henry Hudson want to find the Northwest Passage?
First Contacts
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How did the "clash of cultures" impact natives and Europeans?
Paideia Seminar Goals and Notes
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A handout to aid students in primary source analysis that helps them draw conclusions about the effect and legacy of Christopher Columbus.
Montezuma and Cortés
Essay - 2376 Words
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In this section, you will explain the causes of exploration and conquest of the New World by various European nations and explain how and why European and Native American perspectives of others developed and changed in the period.
Cortés’ Account of Tenochtitlan, 1522
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Florentine Codex, c. 1585
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40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Origins of the Slave Trade
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Why did Africa and Europe engage in the slave trade?
Life in the Spanish Colonies
Essay - 2235 Words
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How did the Spanish and New World natives interact?
Las Casas on the Destruction of the Indies, 1552
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Writing Practice Thesis Construction
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A handout to help students answer the question "How did the collision of cultures create a “New World”?"