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Vasco Da Gama  (click title for download page)

The activity “Vasco Da Gama” was developed using the Learning Magic Text and Graphics Click to Read TGCR template. In this template, the child is presented with a graphic and a text box with one to three paragraphs of information regarding the subject, and that page is then followed by a page with a multiple choice question to ascertain the student’s comprehension of the previously read materials. From the onset in 1497 to the completion of the trip in 1499 Vasco and his crew faced great difficulties both in navigation and in establishing trade arrangements in the Muslim-based trade centers.


Posted: November 1st, 2013 - 4:02 am.    Number of Comments » 0.
The Mayflawer  (click title for download page)

This activity is developed in the Learning Magic Text and Graphics Click to Read template (TGCR). In this template, the child is presented with a graphic and a text box with one to three paragraphs of information regarding the subject, and that page is then followed by a page with a multiple choice question to ascertain the student’s comprehension of the previously read materials. The journey across the Atlantic is recounted in the activity, and it provides not only pictures of the trip but also diagrams of the ship and maps of the routes that the ship(s) travelled. Conditions as they existed aboard the Mayflawer are described and the travails of the crossing are also retold.


Posted: November 1st, 2013 - 3:57 am.    Number of Comments » 0.
Jean LaFitte  (click title for download page)

This activity is developed in the Learning Magic Text and Graphics click to read (TGCR) template. In this template, the child is presented with a graphic and a text box with one to three paragraphs of information regarding the subject, and that page is then followed by a page with a multiple choice question to ascertain the student’s comprehension of the previously read materials. In this activity we recount the exploits of Jean Lafitte, a well-known pirate who first attacked Spanish merchant ships in the Caribbean. He subsequently moved to Louisiana and ran a smuggling and piracy ring in New Orleans. However, he also became a hero by helping Colonel Andrew Jackson fight the British at the Battle of New Orleans, where he provided arms, ammunition and men to help defeat the British army.


Posted: November 1st, 2013 - 3:42 am.    Number of Comments » 0.
Blackbeard the Pirate  (click title for download page)

This activity is written in Learning Magic’s Text and Graphics Click to Read template. In this template, the child is presented with a graphic and a text box with one to three paragraphs of information regarding the subject, and that page is then followed by a page with a multiple choice question to ascertain the student’s comprehension of the previously read materials. The activity recounts the life of Edward Teach, aka “Blackbeard”, one of the most notorious pirates of all, who preyed upon merchant ships in both the Caribbean and along the southeastern shorelines of the United States in the early 1700s.


Posted: November 1st, 2013 - 3:36 am.    Number of Comments » 0.
Hannibal  (click title for download page)

The activity “Hannibal” was developed using the Learning Magic Text and Graphics Click to Read TGCR template. In this template, the child is presented with a graphic and a text box with one to three paragraphs of information regarding the subject, and that page is then followed by a page with a multiple choice question to ascertain the student’s comprehension of the previously read materials In “Hannibal” the child will learn about Carthage and Rome, Hannibal’s tremendous trip over the Alps on elephants, and his continual battles with the Romans for the next fifteen years on the Iberian peninsula. They will also learn of Rome’s expansion and the eventual recall of Hannibal by the Carthaginians to defend Carthage.


Posted: October 31st, 2013 - 10:57 pm.    Number of Comments » 0.