Daily Update 2.5 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/19/13 Last week we learned about a number of different explorers and where they may have traveled. This week we are going to look at how they got there. We will start with the different types of ships they used and then examine the different tools and […]
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Daily Update 2.4 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/15/13 One of the most recent theories of the exploration of the Americas involves the Chinese. The 1421 theory puts forth the ideas that the Chinese had not only discovered the Americas, but had traveled extensively within both continents. This theory is based largely on a map […]
Daily Update 2.3 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/14/13 Happy Valentines Day! Christopher Columbus, Leif Ericsson! Anyone else want a shot at the title of “first to discover” the Americas? When talking of discovery by Europeans or Africans or Chinese it must be noted that this is only a discovery in the sense that they […]
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Daily Education Update 2.2 Vikings
Daily Update 2.2 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/13/13 Yesterday we learned a little bit about the first people in recorded history to have rowed across the Atlantic. Today we are going to go a bit farther back in history and look at the Viking explorers of the 10th and early 11th century. Popular history […]
Daily Update 2.1 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/12/13 The history of the ocean. Where does one begin? It is such a vast topic that even to begin to understand it would take a lifetime. In the next two weeks we will investigate a few topics that relate to the current expedition. We will begin […]