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Indigenous Cultures and the Age of Exploration

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

11 lessons

Goal

Analyze diverse pre-Columbian American Indian societies, the causes and technologies behind European exploration, and the lasting global impacts of early transatlantic contact.

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  3. Southwest Desert Cultures and Pueblo ArchitectureNot started yet
  4. Pacific Northwest Nations and Coastal ResourcesNot started yet
  5. Comparing Indigenous Nations Across North AmericaNot started yet
  6. Motivations for European Exploration: God, Gold, and GloryYou are here
  7. Navigational Tools and Atlantic Ocean RoutesNot started yet
  8. The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and MicrobesNot started yet
  9. Impact of European Diseases on Native PopulationsNot started yet
  10. The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Forced MigrationNot started yet
  11. Exploration and the Modern Cultural Geography of the AmericasNot started yet
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us-utU.S. I Standard 1.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will compare and evaluate historians’ interpretations of the motivations and conditions that led to European exploration.