Immerse Your Classes In Great Journeys Of The Past
Interactive Learning with 3D Map Games, Digital Activities, and Videos that Transport Students Around the Globe on Historic Quests of Discovery
Journeys COMING SOON!
This Journey will take students to the lush jungles, desert plains, high mountains, and humid lakes of the Mesoamerican Natives who flourished in Mexico, Central, and South America. We will explore their rich cultures, extensive trade routes, and roles in society. Their masterful achievements in architecture, astronomy, and mathematics included the development of accurate calendar systems and agricultural methods that sustained large populations. We will also examine what happened to these civilizations and what remains of them today.
Zheng He (pronounced “Jung Ha”) (1371-1443) was an explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China’s early Ming dynasty. In the early 1400s, Zheng led the largest ships in the world on seven voyages of exploration to the lands around the Indian Ocean and as far as Africa, demonstrating Chinese excellence at shipbuilding and navigation. Zheng He’s voyages expanded China’s political influence in the world. He was able to secure and construct diplomatic ties with other nations while developing trade between the east and west.
Lewis and Clark (1804-1806) US President Thomas Jefferson sent four dozen soldiers to explore the Missouri River, make diplomatic contact with Native Americans, and find the Northwest Passage (the much-sought-after northwestern water route to the Pacific Ocean.) The Corps of Discovery, as the expedition was called, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, along with their Shoshone interpreter and guide, Sacagawea, followed an adventure-filled route on their 2-year journey into America’s newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
Scaffolded for grades 6-10
Social Studies – Ancient Civilizations – World History – Geography – Human Geography – Arts and Music – Earth Science – Anthropology – U.S. History – Economics – Conservation – Critical Thinking – Active Global Citizenship
