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Ideas Tug-of-War (Christopher Columbus - Hero or Villian?) {Christopher Columbus Document.docx}
For more information on this activity see www.slideshare.net/betseykenn/digging-into-history-content-literacy
Explorer's Report Card {ExplorersReportCard.docx}
Colonization

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Ideas Tug-of-War (Christopher Columbus - Hero or Villian?) {Christopher Columbus Document.docx}
Explorer's Report Card {ExplorersReportCard.docx}
Colonization
{Colony Nametags.docx} 13 Colonies Content-Based Name Tags (Each student at a table group has one of these name tags on his/her desk. To call on students to complete tasks such as pick up supplies or collect papers from their tablemates, the teacher would say something like, "I would like the person from the mid-Atlantic colony that included the city of Philadelphia.)

{Student+Storyboard.docx}
{VoiceThread Rubric.docx}
tool: www.VoiceThread.com
Ideas Tug-of-War (Christopher Columbus - Hero or Villian?) {Christopher Columbus Document.docx}
Colonization
{Colony Nametags.docx} 13 Colonies Content-Based Name Tags (Each student at a table group has one of these name tags on his/her desk. To call on students to complete tasks such as pick up supplies or collect papers from their tablemates, the teacher would say something like, "I would like the person from the mid-Atlantic colony that included the city of Philadelphia.)

Early Explorers
{ExplorerGroupingCards.docx} Explorer Grouping Cards (These cards could be used to form groups --find the other people in the room who have information about the same explorer you have-- or as a station activity or a review activity.)
Explorers Mini-Research Materials:
{Explorers Research Guide.docx}
{Student+Storyboard.docx}
{VoiceThread Rubric.docx}
A great presentation tool: www.VoiceThread.com
Colonization
{Colony Nametags.docx} 13 Colonies Content-Based Name Tags (Each student at a table group has one of these name tags on his/her desk. To call on students to complete tasks such as pick up supplies or collect papers from their tablemates, the teacher would say something like, "I would like the person from the mid-Atlantic colony that included the city of Philadelphia.)