National Geography History Project

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National Geography History Project

• Resources for teaching history with a geographic
  perspective

Michigan Geographic Alliance New York
Center for Geographic Education Grosvenor
Center for Geographic Education Croft Institute
for International Studies
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National Geography History Project

• This CD Rom, Resources for Teaching History with
  a Geographic Perspective, was developed to help
  teachers include geography while teaching the
  eras of world history. It was developed under a
  grant from National Geographic Educational
  Foundation, by partners from Michigan Geographic
  Alliance, New York Center for Geographic
  Education, Grosvenor Center for Geographic
  Education, and the Croft Institute for
  International Studies.

Dr. Michael Libbee, Central Michigan
University Dr. Phil Gersmehl, Hunter College Dr.
David Rutherford, Mississippi State
University Dr. Richard Boehm, Texas State
University Judy Behrens, Texas State
University Judy Lucas, Texas Geographic Alliance
This is a draft product. Using the matrix,
choose a topic and an era. Clicking on that box
will take you to the name of the lesson (s) and a
url. Click on the url to find the website.
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To 500 CE
500-1500 CE
1500-1900 CE
1900 CE On
Egypt Mesopotamia Incas Aztecs Cities
Pre-Columbian Latin America Timbuktu
China Cortez and Aztecs
Europe
Using Geography to Learn History
Guns, Germs And Steel
Oil Water
Babylonia
Angkor
Changing Boundaries in Asia
Mapping Greek and Roman Land Use
Timbuktu Mali
The Ottoman Empire
Phoenicians Hebrews
Magellan
Africa Geography In History
Oceans
Two Ancient Cities
Middle East
Slavery Famine Plague
Anne Frank Migration Muslims
Ancient World Urban Ecosystems
Cities in Asia Feudal System
Timbuktu Restoring the Past
Leaders and Cities
Thermopylae
French Revolution
Int. Alliance Vietnam Korea Afghanistan
India WWII Africa
Geographic Luck
Columbian Exchange
Water Agriculture
Industrial Revolution
Medieval Times
The Automobile
Science, Tech. Of Ancient Egypt
Horsepower
Future
World Religions Buddhism China Silk Road
Islam
Swahili Coast
Black Death
Power of Germs
Aids Flu Pandemic 1918
Old Pompeii Black Sea
Water Africa Energy Cars
4
To 500 CE, Civilizations
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The Eagle has Landed Aztecs Find a Home
http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id
436
The First Cities http//www.timetrek.org/interac
t.htm
Eager to Get to Ancient Egypt http//www.create.c
ett.msstate.edu/create/classroom/lplan_view.asp?ar
ticleID80
The Land Lifestyle of the Inca http//www.nation
algeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g68/lifesty
leinca.html
The Emergence Evolution of the Cuneiform
Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia http//edsit
ement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id622
The Mystery of the Scroll Ancient Egyptian
Culture Geography http//www.nationalgeographic.
com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g68/kingtut.html
Touring Ancient Egypt http//www.pbs.org/empir
es/egypt/educators/lesson7.html
Mycenaean Trade in the Mediterranean http//sco
re.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/mycenaean_Trace/
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Civilizations
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A Pre-Columbian Mosaic of Latin America
Linguistic Diversity within the Maya Cultural
Region http//retanet.unm.edu/article.pl?sid03/05
/18/1939234
To Timbuktu A Journey with Ibn
Battuta http//rims.k12.ca.us/activity/a_
journey_ battuta/
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Civilizations
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Following the Great Wall of China http//edsitem
ent.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id619
Cortes and the Aztecs Different Views of the
World http//www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/teac
hers/teachers.htm
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1900 CE to Present, Civilizations
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Mission Geography Europe
http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lesso
ns/05/g68/geospy.html
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To 500 CE, Resources
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Using Geography to Learn About History
http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/le
ssons/17/g912/greece.html
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Resources
Return to Main Menu
Contact mga_at_cmich.edu to identify a good lesson
for this topic/era.
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Resources
Return to Main Menu
GGS Episode 2 Lesson Plan Steel-The Great
Conqueror http//www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/educat
ors/lesson2.html
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1900 CE to Present, Resources
Return to Main Menu
Should Oil Drilling Be Allowed in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge? http//www-tc.pbs.org/po
v/pov2007/arcticson/pdf/arcticson_lp.pdf
You've Got Oil Or Maybe You Don't http//www.nat
ionalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/11/g912/got
oil.html
Oil Water in the Middle East Region http//www.n
ationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g68/ir
aqoil.html
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To 500 CE, Nation-States
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Life in Old Babylonia The Importance of Trade
http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id
644
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Nation-States
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Angkor What? Angkor Wat! http//edsitement.neh.go
v/view_lesson_plan.asp?id607
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Nation-States
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for this topic/era.
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1900 CE to Present, Nation-states
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Changing Boundaries in Pre-Colonial Asia to the
Present http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditio
ns/lessons/12/g912/changebound.html
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To 500 CE, Empires
Return to Main Menu
Greek Roman Land Use What was the
Difference? http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xped
itions/lessons/17/g68/landuse.html
Mapping an Empire http//www.pbs.org/empires/rom
ans/educators/lesson4.html
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Empires
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The Road to Timbuktu http//www.pbs.org/wonders/Cl
assrm/lesson5.htm
TTT Timbuktu's Golden Age of Scholarship http//ed
sitement.neh.gov/printable_lesson_plan.asp?id504
TTT The Geography of Mali http//edsitement.neh.g
ov/printable_lesson_plan.asp?id500
Trekking to Timbuktu (Teacher Student Version)
Assessment for Lessons 1-7 Assessment -
http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id
507 Teacher
- http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?i
d499 Student -
http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id
516
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Empires
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The Ottoman Empire http//school.discoveryeducatio
n.com/lessonplans/programs/suleyman/
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1900 CE to Present, Empires
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Contact mga_at_cmich.edu to identify a good lesson
for this topic/era.
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To 500 CE, Exploration
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The Phoenicians the Hebrews http//www.smithlife
science.com/SS06PhoeniciansandHebrews.htm
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Exploration
Return to Main Menu
TTT Mansa Musa Takes a Trip http//edsitement.neh
.gov/printable_lesson_plan.asp?id503
Ferdinand Magellan - A Man of His Time
http//www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/classro
om/lplan_view.asp?articleID76
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Exploration
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Geography Matters in History http//www.nationalge
ographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g68/history.htm
l
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1900 CE to Present, Exploration
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The Ocean Our Global Connector http//www.nation
algeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g68/seatosh
iningsea1.html
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To 500 CE, Migration
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Two Ancient Cities http//www.nationalgeographic.c
om/xpeditions/lessons/04/g912/twocitiesinca.html
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Migration
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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons The Middle East
Through Literature http//www.uen.org/Lessonplan/
preview.cgi?LPid1918
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Migration
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Slave Kingdoms http//www.pbs.org/wonders/Classrm/
lesson3.htm
Slavery, Society, and Apartheid http//school.disc
overyeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/slavery/
Forced to Flee Famine Plague http//school.dis
coveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/forcedtof
lee/
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1900 CE to Present, Migration
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Anne Frank One of Hundreds of Thousands
http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id
373
Migration Why People Move http//www.nationalgeo
graphic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g68/tgmigration.
html
God Grew Tired of Us Migration Cultural
Interaction http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xped
itions/lessons/09/g68/ggtu1.html
Migration A First-Hand Perspective http//www.na
tionalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g68/mig
rations.html
Religion and Immigration Muslims in the United
States and Europe http//www.pbs.org/wnet/religio
nand ethics/teachers/lp_muslims.html
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To 500 CE, Settlement
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Urban Ecosystems 2 Why are There Cities? A
Historical Perspective http//www.sciencenetlinks.
com/lessons.cfm?DocID277
The Ancient World http//school.discoveryeducation
.com/lessonplans/programs/ancientworld/
Village Game http//www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/prin
tlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/ Note
if URL wont connect go to Lesson Plans
World History and select Village Game Spans
eras to early 1900 also referenced in
Settlement 500-1500 and 1900 on
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Settlement
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The Feudal System Castles at War
http//school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/
programs/feudalsystem/
Cities in Asia http//www.nationalgeographic.com/x
peditions/lessons/12/g68/citiesasia.html
Village Game http//www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/prin
tlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/ Note
if URL wont connect go to Lesson Plans
World History and select Village Game Spans
eras to early 1900 also referenced in
Settlement to 500 and 1900 on
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Settlement
Return to Main Menu
TTT The Search for Timbuktu http//edsitement.neh
.gov/printable_lesson_plan.asp?id505
TTT Restoring the Past http//edsitement.neh.gov/
printable_lesson_plan.asp?id506
Village Game http//www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/prin
tlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/ Note
if URL wont connect go to Lesson Plans
World History and select Village Game Spans
eras to early 1900 also referenced in
Settlement to 500 and 500 to 1500
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1900 CE to Present, Settlement
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Power Builders Leaders Cities http//school.di
scoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/powerbui
lders/top
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To 500 CE, Conflict
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300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae
Herodotus Real History http//edsitement.neh.gov
/view_lesson_plan.asp?id735
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Conflict
Return to Main Menu
Contact mga_at_cmich.edu to identify a good lesson
for this topic/era.
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Conflict
Return to Main Menu
Witnesses to Joan of Arc the Hundred Years'
War http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp
?id669
The French Revolution http//hti.osu.edu/content
/lessonplans/FrenchRev.cfm
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1900 CE to Present, Conflict
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Cultural Icons Voices of Their
Nations http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditio
ns/lessons/03/g912/tgcultural.html
Conflict Divided Peninsula Six Decades of
Military and Political Tension in
Korea http//www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/classroom
/2lp4.html
Yours, Mine, Ours Determining
Boundaries http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xpedi
tions/lessons/13/g912/yoursmine.html
Is 'African' a Language? http//www.nationalgeogra
phic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g68/afrolanguage.ht
ml
World War II http//ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printle
ssons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/World_His
tory/WRH0026.html
Teaching with Documents The United States
Enters the Korean Conflict http//www.archives.go
v/education/lessons/Korean-conflict/
Events and People of the Vietnam War
http//www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons/cgi/Vi
rtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/World_History/Vietnam
/VET0201.html
Negotiate Peace for India Pakistan http//www.pb
s.org/frontlineworld/educators/history_pakistan.ht
ml
Afghanistan People, Places,
Politics http//www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teacher
s/lessonplans/world/afghanistan_overview_10-06.htm
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The Great War http//www-tc.pbs.org/greatwar/resou
rces/lesson4.pdf
International Alliances http//www.nationalgeograp
hic.com/xpeditions/lessons/13/g912/eurounion.html
World War II http//www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst19
5.txt
The Identification, The Mapping, and the
Personification of Countries Involved in
WWII http//www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst142.txt
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To 500 CE, Agriculture
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GGS Episode One Lesson Plan Geographic
Luck http//www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/educators/l
esson1.html
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Agriculture
Return to Main Menu
Contact mga_at_cmich.edu to identify a good lesson
for this topic/era.
38
1500 CE to 1900 CE, Agriculture
Return to Main Menu
Columbian Exchange http//www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/
MULTICULTURAL/curriculum/Hispanic/11thcolombianExc
.pdf
The Columbian Exchange http//filebox.vt.edu/users
/chdavis6/NewPortfolio/2_NCSS_lesson.htm
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1900 CE to Present, Agriculture
Return to Main Menu
Understanding Your Water From Source to Tap
Back Again http//www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teach
ers/lessonplans/science/jan-june08/water_0324.html

European South American Agriculture http//www.l
earnnc.org/lp/pages/europe-samerica-agriculture
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To 500 CE, Manufacturing
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Contact mga_at_cmich.edu to identify a good lesson
for this topic/era.
41
500 CE to 1500 CE, Manufacturing
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for this topic/era.
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Manufacturing
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Building Americas Industrial Revolution The
Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts http
//www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/21boott/21
boott.htm
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1900 CE to Present, Manufacturing
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Contact mga_at_cmich.edu to identify a good lesson
for this topic/era.
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To 500 CE, Transportation
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for this topic/era.
45
500 CE to 1500 CE, Transportation
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From Medieval Times to Today http//school.discove
ryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/medievaltimes
/
46
1500 CE to 1900 CE, Transportation
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for this topic/era.
47
1900 CE to Present, Transportation
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The Automobile http//www.hti.osu.edu/content/le
ssonplans/automobile.cfm
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To 500 CE, Innovation
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The Science and Technology of Ancient
Egypt http//www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/educators/
lesson8.html
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Innovation
Return to Main Menu
Horsepower Harnessed for War http//school.disco
veryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/horsepower/

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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Innovation
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Contact mga_at_cmich.edu to identify a good lesson
for this topic/era.
51
1900 CE to Present, Innovation
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Unit Bringing the Future to People http//www.
pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/teachers/unit_2.html
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To 500 CE, Belief Systems
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The Spread of Buddhism http//www.nationalgeograph
ic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g912/buddhism.html
Five Major World Religions http//www.create.cett
.msstate.edu/create/classroom/lplan_view.asp?artic
leID168
Religion and Belief Systems in Asia http//www.nat
ionalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/g68/reli
gion.html
Religion in Politics in Daily Life http//www.pb
s.org/empires/romans/educators/lesson3.html
One Nation Under Three Major Philosophies in
China http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/lessons/search/
?kOneNationUnder3AThreeMajorPhilosophiesi
nChina
Belief Systems Along the Silk Roads http//www.a
skasia.org/teachers/lessons/plan.php?no48eragr
adegeo
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Belief Systems
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Islam History, Society, Civilization http//sc
hool.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/i
slamhistory/
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Belief Systems
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for this topic/era.
55
1900 CE to Present, Belief Systems
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The Swahili Coast http//www.pbs.org/wonders/Class
rm/lesson2.htm
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To 500 CE, Disease
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for this topic/era.
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Disease
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The Path of the Black Death http//edsitement.neh.
gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id675
Fleas the Black Death http//www.nationalgeograp
hic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g68/blackdeath.html
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1500 CE to 1900 CE, Disease
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GGS Episode 3 Lesson Plan Power of
Germs http//www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/educators/
lesson3.html
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1900 CE to Present, Disease
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The Spread of AIDS http//www.nationalgeographic.c
om/expeditions/lessons/11/g912/trade.html
AIDS in Africa II More Than Sympathy http//nati
onalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g912/afri
caaidsII.html
Geographic Diffusion of Disease The Flu
Pandemic of 1918-19 http//www.nationalgeographic.
com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g912/disease.html
Identifying Viruses Killer Flu 1918
Pandemic http//www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case
plague
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To 500 CE, Environment
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In Old Pompeii http//edsitement.neh.gov/view_less
on_plan.asp?id271
Clues From the Black Sea http//www.nationalgeogra
phic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g68/blacksea.html
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500 CE to 1500 CE, Environment
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for this topic/era.
62
1500 CE to 1900 CE, Environment
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for this topic/era.
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1900 CE to Present, Environment
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Energy Cars What Does the Future
Hold? http//school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonp
lans/programs/energyandcars/
Water To the Last Drop http//school.discoveryed
ucation.com/lessonplans/programs/water/top
Eco-Challenges in Africa http//www.pbs.org/wnet
/africa/tools/eco/goals.html