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The Columbian Exchange

References

 Carney, J. A. (2001). African rice in the Columbian Exchange. The Journal of African History,

            42(2), 377-396.

Crosby, A. (2008). The Columbian exchange. The Age of Exploration, 12. Retrieved from            

            http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historynow/06_2007/historian2.php

Crosby, A. (1972). The Columbian exchange: Biological and cultural consequences of 1492.                    

            Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Knopfdoubleday (2011, August 11). Charles C. Mann, author of 1493, on potatoes and the

            Columbian exchange [Video file] Retrieved from
           
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wZ_VAkfUxM&feature=relmfu

Learn NC. (2008). The Columbian exchange at a glance. Retrieved from            

            http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-twoworlds/1690

Mann, C. C. (2011). 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus created. New York, NY:

            Alfred A. Knopf.

McNeil, J. R. (2008). The Columbian exchange. Retrieved from            

            http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-twoworlds/1866

Morison, S. E. (1991). Christopher Columbus: The voyage of discovery 1492. Greenwich, CT:

            Dorset Press.

Nunn, N. & Qian, N. (2010). The Columbian Exchange: A history of disease, food, and ideas.

            Journal of Economic Perspectives 24(2), 163-188.

Pollan, M. (2001). The botany of desire: A plant’s-eye view of the world. New York, NY:

            Random House.

Sale, K. (1990). The conquest of paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian legacy.

            New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2011). Smallpox overview. Retrieved from            

            http://www.smallpox.gov/smallpox/aboutdisease.html

Walbert, D. (2008). Disease and catastrophe. Retrieved from            

            http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-twoworlds/1689

North Carolina Standard Course of Study

This project meets the NCSCOS goals and objectives in social studies. Specifically, this project meets the following:

Grade 5 Competency Goal 3: The learner will examine the roles various ethnic groups have played in the development of the United States and its neighboring countries.

Grade 5 Objective 3.02: Examine how changes in the movement of people, goods, and ideas have affected ways of living in the United States.

Grade 5 Competency Goal 4: The learner will trace key developments in United States history and describe their impact on the land and people of the nation and its neighboring countries.

North Carolina Essential Standards

This project meets the Essential Standards goals and clarifying objectives in social studies. Specifically, this project meets the following:

Grade 5 5.G.1: Understand how human activity has and continues to shape the United States.

Grade 5 5.C.1: Understand how increased diversity resulted from migration, settlement patterns and economic development in the United States.

Grade 5 5.C.1.1: Analyze the change in leadership, cultures and everyday life of American Indian groups before and after European exploration.

Grade 5 5.C.1.2: Exemplify how the interactions of various groups have resulted in borrowing and sharing of traditions and technology.
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  • Overview
  • Maize
  • Potato
  • Rice
  • Smallpox
  • References