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Explorations are inquiry-based, interactive modules designed to give students the opportunity to do history: to conduct research, analyze primary sources, and draw their own conclusions. Each Exploration will have a separate tab containing specific teacher materials. Please Note: eXplorations are still under development and being tested. Some units are more complete than others. Eventually all will have a teacher resource section. Navigation: To return to this menu, click the word at the top of each page.
Unit 1: Colonization and Revolution
	The World Before 1492 Learn about Zheng He, Cahokia, and Timbuktu			Indentured Servitude and Slavery Learn about colonial servitude
	Columbus and the Columbian Exchange Learn about Columbus and his legacy			The Puritans Learn about gravestones and witchcraft
	Spanish Discovery of the New World Learn about conquest and enslavement			Revolutionary America Learn about the Revolutionary War through a variety of media
	Pocahontas and Squanto Learn about an Indian Princess			Who Wrote the Constitution? Learn about the delegates and the document
Unit 2: Pre-Civil War and Civil War
	The Duel: Aaron Burr & Alexander Hamilton Learn about a famous duel			The Alamo Learn about the events and people at the Alamo
	Spirituals Learn about the secret code of spirituals			Indian Removal Learn about the quest for land
	Children and the Westward Movement Learn about children who made the journey west			Children and the Civil War Learn about the role of children in the Civil War
	John Brown: Hero or Terrorist? Learn about the enigmatic John Brown			Why Did the South Secede? Learn about the states that left the Union
Unit 3: Turn of the 20th Century
	Lynching Learn about people who protested injustice and fought for freedom			Mexican American Songs of Resistance and Pride Learn about music
Coming soon - under development
	Photography as History			World Fairs as History
Unit 4: Great Depression, World War II, and Post-War
	Children and the Great Depression			Japanese American Internment
	The Rise of the Teenager			Historical Places of the Civil Rights Movement
	Atomic Culture			Casablanca as Wartime Propaganda
	Children and WWII			Timelines as Windows Into History
	The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb			The Vietnam War as History