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8 09, 2017

Central and South American history – colonization

By |2018-04-29T10:45:08-07:00September 8th, 2017|Central America, History, South America|Comments Off on Central and South American history – colonization

South American history: Aztec doctor treating people with smallpox (1500s AD, Codex Mendoza) The Inca, Brazil, and Chile In 1500 AD, the Inca Empire dominated the east coast of South America. Further north, [...]

14 08, 2017

Martin Luther King, Jr. – American history

By |2019-12-05T06:48:57-08:00August 14th, 2017|History, North America|Comments Off on Martin Luther King, Jr. – American history

Martin Luther King Jr. leading a protest march One of Martin Luther King's most famous pieces of writing was his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. In 1963, Dr. King was [...]

14 08, 2017

American people – family, education, slavery

By |2018-04-24T11:03:47-07:00August 14th, 2017|Native American, North America, People|Comments Off on American people – family, education, slavery

A Pueblo family with a donkey in 1885 (Detroit Publishing Company) Since 1500 AD North American people's relationships to one another have seen big changes. In the 1500s, most kids lived in [...]

14 08, 2017

Phillis Wheatley Peters – American literature

By |2020-10-01T07:07:41-07:00August 14th, 2017|Literature, North America|Comments Off on Phillis Wheatley Peters – American literature

Phillis Wheatley Peters Enslaved at seven years old When Phillis Wheatley Peters was seven years old, somebody sold her to European slave-traders, and she left Senegal or Gambia on a slave ship to North America. [...]

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