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  Discover America
   
  

Go back in time to the days of Christopher Columbus and the great explorers who helped settle North America! This two semester course uses maps, crafts, timelines, and games to create “History Pockets” for students to collect information about this amazing time in history. Beginning with Christopher Columbus, Discover America! is a class that will cover the famous explorers of the 1500s all the way to the days of settling the Western Frontier in the 1800s.

 

Materials Fee: $15 per student per semester

 

 

 

   
  Instructor: Schmidt, Maribeth
  Instructor Bio:
  Mrs. Maribeth Schmidt homeschooled each of her three children all the way through high school and has been teaching at Palaestra for the past eleven years. The University of Michigan – Dearborn is her alma mater with a B.A. in Music with a minor in English Literature. Photography, music, history, politics, teaching classes and volunteering at church are her passions. She loves teaching at Palaestra and has enjoyed getting to know so many students over the years.
   
  Fee: $85
  Material Fee: $15
  Minimum Age: 8
  Maximum Age: 10
   
  
Day:FridayTime:11:00 amLength:1 Hours
   
  
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