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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Social Studies — Grade 9

Goal 3: Monarchies and Empires - The learner will investigate significant events, people, and conditions in the growth of monarchical and imperial systems of government.

Objective 3.05. Cite the effects of European expansion on Africans, pre-Columbian Americans, Asians, and Europeans.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Linking important geographic sites to world history
Students will learn the importance of geography as it relates to significant events or periods in world history, especially that which pertains to Europe and the United States.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 Social Studies)
By Guy Swanson.

Resources on the web

Other worlds: The voyage of Columbus
Using the internet, students observe the events of 1492 from this dual vantage-point, exploring the two worlds that made contact when Columbus stepped ashore. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities