Indigenous Americas · Pre-Columbian Era – 1400s
First Contact
Initial meetings between Indigenous peoples and Europeans and the immediate consequences.
Key Questions
- 1What happened when Indigenous peoples and Europeans first met?
- 2How do perspectives on these meetings differ between groups?
- 3What were the immediate effects of trade and disease?
Common Core State Standards
C3: D2.His.6.3-5C3: D2.Geo.5.3-5
Grade: 5th Grade
Subject: Early American History
Unit: Indigenous Americas
Period: Pre-Columbian Era – 1400s
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