https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/activity-opener-mapping-a-meal 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Mapping a Meal Would your favorite meal exist without the Columbian Exchange? article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/article-the-columbian-exchange 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z The Columbian Exchange Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas created new pathways of exchange between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas—for better and for worse. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/v/watch-the-columbian-exchange 2026-01-24T14:10:36.770864637Z The Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange wasn’t just about new foods. It spread ideas, animals, and people — while also fueling slavery, disease, and inequality. Here’s how it changed the world forever. 01:11 How did people travel and trade within world zones before the 1500s? 02:31 How did the Columbian Exchange begin? 03:26 What were some of the positive effects of the Columbian Exchange? 05:21 What were some of the negative effects of the Columbian Exchange? Check out this lesson on our website → https://www.oerproject.com/Big-History-Project/Unit-6/Four-World-Zones-Connect?WT.mc_id=09_00_2025__YTupdate_OER-YT_&WT.tsrc=OERYT Stay Connected: - Join the conversation on our community forum: https://community.oerproject.com/?WT.mc_id=08_00_2025__YTupdate_OER-YT_&WT.tsrc=OERYT - Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/oerproject/ https://www.facebook.com/OERProject About OER Project: OER Project supports social studies teachers with free, high-quality curriculum, primary sources, and teaching tools. Big History Project video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/ZCdwTudJg6e6n-P2gsaUborP4izvMsGo71pvEVlX9dNYWcLXcP7VHkWpn2grt4TUP1KoJLQP9NswyHBuBLSFTBw The Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange wasn’t just about new foods. It spread ideas, animals, and people — while also fueling slavery, disease, and inequality. Here’s how it changed the world forever. 01:11 How did people travel and trade within world zones before the 1500s? 02:31 How did the Columbian Exchange begin? 03:26 What were some of the positive effects of the Columbian Exchange? 05:21 What were some of the negative effects of the Columbian Exchange? Check out this lesson on our website → https://www.oerproject.com/Big-History-Project/Unit-6/Four-World-Zones-Connect?WT.mc_id=09_00_2025__YTupdate_OER-YT_&WT.tsrc=OERYT Stay Connected: - Join the conversation on our community forum: https://community.oerproject.com/?WT.mc_id=08_00_2025__YTupdate_OER-YT_&WT.tsrc=OERYT - Follow us on social: https://www.instagram.com/oerproject/ https://www.facebook.com/OERProject About OER Project: OER Project supports social studies teachers with free, high-quality curriculum, primary sources, and teaching tools. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/uykwq3El_fI.mp4/uykwq3El_fI.mp4 350 The Columbian Exchange | 6.9 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/graphic-biography-amonute 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Amonute Graphic Bio Amonute was a Powhatan woman who intervened in the relationship between her people and early English colonists in Virginia. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/article-crops-that-grew-the-world 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Crops that Grew the World After 1492, the movement of plants had monumental effects on populations, the environment, and systems of production and distribution. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/activity-world-zone-cafe-origins 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: World Zone Café Welcome to the World Zone Café, where YOU make the menu based on what was available where during this period. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/article-the-disastrous-effects-of-increased-global-interactions-c-1500-to-c-1600 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z The Disastrous Effects of Increased Global Interactions c. 1500 to c 1600 Increased global networks had some benefits, but the Atlantic slaving system and the sharp decline in indigenous populations were among the devastating effects of this period. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/activity-sourcing-spanish-conquest-of-the-aztec-empire-origins 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Sourcing—Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire These sixteenth-century documents describe the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. Why did they do it? How did Indigenous peoples respond? article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/a/activity-closer-for-better-or-worse 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: For Better or Worse Was the Columbian Exchange a net positive or negative for the world? Time for you to decide for yourself. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/e/6-8-practice 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z The Columbian Exchange Practice what you learned in lesson 6.8! Jessica Shattuck exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:the-columbian-exchange-6-8/e/4-1-the-columbian-exchange 2025-12-29T16:30:28.693751207Z Exploration and the Columbian Exchange Practice your knowledge of transoceanic exploration, technology, and the Columbian Exchange! Ben Chleboun exercise