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Salem-Trade
Salem, MA trade in the 18th Century

Each kit has:

A study guide
Artifacts
Books for guided reading
Lesson plans
Games
Power point presentations
Music
Classroom display materials

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  • SW monsoon withdraws

    Monsoon: A web quest

    Water in India is a matter of extremes, veering between drought and floods, life, and death. There is no other place on the planet with such wide vacillations between wet…

  • Stamp seal and modern impression: unicorn and incense burner (?) ca. 2600–1900 B.C.

    Indus Valley Civilization

    The Indus Valley people lived from 3500 BCE to 1700 BCE in the Indus Valley in modern day Pakistan and India. This was the Bronze Age and societies existed in Mesopotamia…

  • Baby Indian elephant

    Can you name 12 animals from India?

    Why should we know about animals unique to a place? We explore this and other essential questions in this lesson: What are endemic, native and exotic animals? Can you name…

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    Ashoka

    Origins of many symbols of modern India, such as those used in the national flag and on coins and paper money can be traced to Emperor Ashoka (304-232 BCE). It…