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House in suburban Mexico City: A low house sits set back among verdant landscaping. A large expanse of concrete foregrounds the photo. Mexico City is the capital of the country of Mexico. It is known as the D.F., or Distrito Federal (Federal District). When Cortes and his Spanish conquistadors...; Format: image/photograph

Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City: Cars wait in traffic in front of a large marble building. The building has a large golden dome and a heavily carved exterior. Although commissioned in 1904, the Palace of Fine Arts was only completed in 1934. The Palace was constructed in Arte Nouveau style...; Format: image/photograph

Church of San Francisco in Mexico City: The highly-ornate facade of a Catholic church sits at the end of a sunken courtyard. Several people are walking toward the stone entrance of the three story church. The church of San Francisco is a small colonial church built in the sixteenth century by some...; Format: image/photograph

Reading guide: Spain and America: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.2; These terms and questions will guide students as they read "Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest." Filling in the chronological list of dates will enable students to understand the order in which events unfolded in Spain and in America, and answering the questions will encourage students to think critically about the readings in the chapter.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Two worlds: Educator's guide: Lesson plans and activities to be used with "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony" -- the first part of a North Carolina history textbook for secondary students.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.1; In 1491, no European knew that North and South America existed. By 1550, Spain -- a small kingdom that had not even existed a century earlier -- controlled the better part of two continents and had become the most powerful nation in Europe. In half a century of brave exploration and brutal conquest, both Europe and America were changed forever.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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