| Unit I: Early America |
| Printable Worksheets - Free American History Educational Materials |
| Causes and Effects |
| Causes and Effects: "European Discovery of the Americas" - Long- and short-term causes and effects blank printable chart |
| DBQs: Document-Based Questions |
| DBQ/Examining Primary Sources: "Letter to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery" Christopher Columbus (1493) - Printable original document with essay questions |
| Decipher the Code Puzzles |
| Decipher the Code: Age of Exploration |
| Quizzes and Tests |
| Printable Question-and-Answer Worksheet with Word Bank - "The Earliest Americans" |
| Readings with Questions |
| Handout Reading with Questions - "Numbering the Years: What Year Is It?" - Reading looks at the year-numbering systems of the Western, Jewish, Islamic, and ancient cultures - Explains why years are numbered how they are numbered - Also includes explanations of "B.C./A.D." and "B.C.E./C.E." - Handout with 4 questions |
| "The Boy Columbus" - Printable one-page reading text with recall and comprehension questions |
| "King John II of Portugal and Columbus" - Printable one-page reading text with recall and comprehension questions |
| T-Charts |
| T-Chart: "The Age of Exploration" - Blank chart with 18 prominent European explorers |
| T-Chart: "European Nations and Their Explorers" - Blank chart |
| Word Search Puzzles |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Americas before Columbus" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Civilization of the Ancient Maya" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Native American Cultures at the Time of Columbus" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "The Columbian Exchange" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "West Africa during the Age of Exploration" |
| Click here for a large library of American history-themed printable readings with questions. |
| U.S. History - List of Units: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
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