Hands on US History Unit Study 1 Young Adult
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- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
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- step-up-ftc-pep-2026-27 · v1.0.1
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- Official general rule
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- Review due · Low
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Product description
<h3>Inside This Bundle: Foundations of American History — Young Adult</h3><p>This Young Adult American History course explores the cultural encounters, exchanges, and conflicts that shaped the foundations of the United States. Through hands-on projects and deeper historical context, students examine how African societies, Indigenous nations, and European explorers influenced one another before and during early contact.</p><h3>Inside the Mali Box</h3><ul><li>Create mud dye and decorate a bag while exploring West African artistic traditions.</li><li>Examine Mali’s trade networks through a gold-themed activity while studying Mansa Musa’s economic influence.</li><li>Explore music and oral tradition by playing a traditional African instrument.</li><li>Read an abridged <em>Epic of Sundiata</em> and examine leadership and cultural memory.</li><li>Color a Mali cityscape while exploring urban life and trade.</li></ul><h3>Inside the Powhatan Box</h3><ul><li>Compare historic and modern cornbread with pemmican while exploring Indigenous foodways.</li><li>Create a wampum-style bracelet while examining communication and diplomacy.</li><li>Plant a Three Sisters garden while studying sustainable agriculture.</li><li>Explore Powhatan society prior to European contact.</li></ul><h3>Inside the Explorers Box</h3><ul><li>Learn to use a compass and apply navigation skills in a treasure hunt.</li><li>Play historic card games with replica sixteenth-century cards while exploring cultural exchange.</li><li>Examine the Columbian Exchange and the movement of people, foods, and disease.</li><li>Practice knot-tying techniques used aboard sailing vessels.</li><li>Read a period-inspired ghost story exploring the fears faced by early explorers.</li></ul><p><em>For a full list of all items included in each box, please visit our website.</em></p>
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- History Unboxed
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- Step Up For Students
- Applies to
- FTC-PEP · 2026-27
- Effective dates
- Jul 1, 2026 — Jun 30, 2027
- Source last modified
- Jul 14, 2026
- Reviewed by Navigator
- Jul 23, 2026
- Review due
- Aug 14, 2026
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