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The Earth is Round!
Everyone knew the earth was round in 1492. Martin Luther, the original protestant, and his 95 Theses. John Calvin, the urban protestant reformer. Martin Luther King and the March on Washington, August 28, 1963 The Explorers' Map Everything you ever wanted on a map about the early European exploration of the Americas. New Vocabulary
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Dennis Yuzenas' Gifted US History Class
2009--2010 Lesson Plans and Course Outline--The First 20 Weeks Overview The class outline for the first nine weeks. Included here are the sunshine State Standards addressed in the first term through class and homework. First Americans There's a problem with the textbook we use in our class: It's wrong. In the past twenty years a great deal of new research has resulted in a multiple theories approach to the populating of the Americas in PreColumbian times. The Empires of Mexico, Central, and South America Ethnocentrist attitudes being what they are, it is difficult for most Americans to comprehend how advanced the empires in PreColumbian America were. Native Americans When Columbus arrived in 1492 there were tens of millions of people waiting to greet him. Here we explore a few of the cultures the Europeans encountered. Anasazi These people of the Southwest represent a highly evolved culture with some very interesting practices. Cannibalism, anyone? St. Brendan We all accept that Columbus wasn't the first European to explore America, but who would have thought there were so many before him? Columbus We all know he wasn't the first. But there are a lot of other things to consider when viewing Columbus' role in the discovery/conquest of the Americas. John Cabot OK, that wasn't his real name. And though he sailed for England he was actually Italian. And this isn't really anything written in traditional US History textbook form. Click here and learn... Smallpox! It's in the news. It's never left the news. Juan Ponce de Leon He didn't go in search of any fountain of youth. He lost his job to Diego Columbus, the son of Christopher, and he went looking for new work. That's the real story. The Lost Colony It's the stuff of legends. Jamestown The first permanent English colony. Pocahontas You know the story... Squanto's Story The noble Native American that saved the day for the Pilgrims. Here's the REAL story. It has an ending that shouldn't surprise anyone... |
