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In this lesson, students learn about 18th-century Spanish currency. Teachers can use the lesson plan to help their students investigate how archeologists use artifacts like coins to come up with a relative date for an archeological site. Students will understand how archeologists use newer technologies, such as 3D modeling and Virtual Reality, in order to analyze and interpret artifacts and objects.

New England has deep historic connections to the slave societies in the West Indies (Caribbean). This lesson explores primary sources that implicate Massachusetts merchant families in the Atlantic slave economy.

This traveling trunk will teach students about this important aspect of our maritime history. Through journals, hands-on artifacts, and classroom activities, your class can experience some of the daily activities of a lighthouse keeper.

Investigate the Spanish Shipwrecks

Now one of the most beautiful spots in Puerto Rico, the battlements illustrate the remarkable work of Spanish military engineers and recall more than 400 years of history in the Americas.

Learn about the United States Lifesaving Service daring rescues to save imperiled lives from the "Graveyard of the Atlantic.

Students will experience historic preservation through immersive digital tools to explore artifacts, read letters, hear stories, and connect with Delaware's history.

In part 3 of this 3-part lesson plan, this assessment will gauge students’ ability in contextualizing the sources. Students must use what they learned to make inferences about an enslaved person.

In part 1 of this 3-part lesson plan, students grapple with sources that might change how the history of slavery in New England has been seen and understood.

This lesson is designed to introduce students to pirates who plagued the coast of North Carolina during the time of colonization, as well as to develop research skills in technology and write a research report. They will use a variety of strategies and writing process elements in the composing of their report. It will allow students to integrate research of social studies/history of the colonial era with technology, reading, and writing.