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8th Grade

Explorers – Game 1&2 History Mystery - Solve the Mystery in the Fewest Clues Game 1 - http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=25 History Mystery - Solve the Mystery in the Fewest Clues Game 2 - http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=26 BBC Schools - Famous People Interactive Activity (Columbus included) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/flash/index.shtml?page=master.swf PBS - Conquistadors - http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/devaca/devaca_flat.html In the Footsteps of Marco Polo - A Journey Through the Met to the Land of the Great Khan - http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Marco/index.html Sights and sounds from the Marco Polo Odyssey - http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/07/01/sights_n_sounds/media.2.1.html BBC - A History of Navigation (Animation included) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/exploration/navigation_animation.shtml Explorers, The: Christopher Columbus: Voyager to a New World - United Streaming Video - Investigate the experiences that prepared Christopher Columbus for his voyages in search of a trade route to Asia. Although he never reached Asia, he did help establish the first permanent Spanish colony in the New World.  Must have United Streaming login information to access video Vikings Vikings – Word Puzzle - http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/start.asp?Game=27 The Viking Diaspora - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/diaspora.html Build a Tree-Ring Timeline - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/treering.html Viking Quest - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/launch_gms_viking_quest.shtml BBC Vikings Activities - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/activities/index.shtml PBS - Secrets of the Dead - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/flash/flash.html Smithsonian - Vikings - The North Atlantic Saga - http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html Warrior Challenge - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/warriorchallenge/vikings/index.html Nova Online - Explore a Viking Village - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html Nova Online - Write Your Name in Runes - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runes.html Nova Online - Viking Deception - The Map in Question - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vinland/map.html