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Free Grade 3 | CKHG Unit 6: Exploration of North America Free Resource Focus: This unit (Unit 6 for schools using the CKHG series in Sequence grade-level order) focuses on Spanish explorers who crisscrossed the Americas in search of gold and riches, and other European explorers who searched for the Northwest Passage.... View
Free Grade 4 | CKHG Unit 7: The American Revolution Free Resource Focus: This unit (Unit 7 for schools using the CKHG series in Sequence grade-level order) begins by providing background information on the establishment of the thirteen colonies. Students learn about early alliances, the French and Indian War, and... View
Free Grade 5 | CKHG Unit 9: The Geography of the United States Free Resource Focus: This unit (Unit 9 for schools using the CKHG series in Sequence grade-level order) reinforces map and globe skills as students learn about the geographic characteristics of different regions of the United States: New England, Mid-Atlantic,... View

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