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Cultural Syncretism: Language, Religion, and Art in the Americas
Investigate how Indigenous, African, and European cultural traditions blended to create distinct religious practices, languages, and art forms across the Americas.

Investigate how Indigenous, African, and European cultural traditions blended to create distinct religious practices, languages, and art forms across the Americas.
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9th Grade · Social Studies · US-NY-SS
8 lessons
Analyze the construction of colonial systems in the Americas, the exploitation of coerced labor, the horrific mechanics and impact of the transatlantic slave trade, and cultural resilience.
Transatlantic exploration led to the Encounter, colonization of the Americas, and the Columbian exchange.
European colonization in the Americas and trade interactions with Africa led to instability, decline, and near destruction of once-stable political and cultural systems.