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| Columbus and His Voyages IVHaving discovered a New World--which ironically he never firmly acknowledged as being anything but East Asia--Christopher Columbus left a mixed and controversial legacy.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Osiris CultFrom ancient times to the Roman Empire, the sect of Osiris, the god of the afterlife, dominated Egyptian religious thinking. In many ways Osiris was a cultic improvement, transforming moral behavior and expanding religious experience.Grades 6-8 History-Social Science |
| Columbus and His Voyages IIIIn 1492 after years of trying, Christopher Columbus finally received the go-ahead for his western voyage. It was the first of four.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Columbus and His Voyages IIAs Christopher Columbus entered his 30s, his experience and training, education, and contacts had awakened a gnawing intuition that he could reach Japan by sailing west.Grades 6-8 History-Social Science |
| Columbus and His Voyages IIt is almost impossible to overestimate the historical significance of Christopher Columbus and his discoveries, yet he was a man of controversy and remains so to this day.Grades 6-8 History-Social Science |
| Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Colossus of RhodesOf all the structures counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, perhaps the most mysterious is the statue of Helios the Sun God, the Colossus of Rhodes.Grades 6-8 History-Social Science |
| Gerardus Mercator IDespite the discoveries of explorers such as Christopher Columbus, a true understanding of the shape of the natural world did not immediately emerge. Resistance came from a variety of forces.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Polo Family Travels IIAt the age of seventeen Marco Polo joined his father and uncle on their return to central Asia and China. It was the beginning of a remarkable commercial and literary career.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Polo Family Travels IIIAfter twenty-four years and a journey of nearly 15,000 miles, in 1295 the Polos, a family of commercial traders, returned to Venice from China. Marco Polo brought home stories of their exotic travels.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Polo Family Travels IIn 1260 the Polo family, part of the commercial aristocracy of the Venetian city-state, began a remarkable series of trading expeditions. Over the next three decades they would travel tens of thousands of miles.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
