Congo Expedition
In 1909 Herbert Lang and James Chapin set sail for the northeastern Belgian Congo. They spent over five years in this largely unexplored region recording their impressions and collecting zoological and anthropological specimens. This site features expedition diaries; stereographic images; primate photographs; historical maps; Chapin's watercolors of fish, reptiles, mammals, birds and village life; and musical instruments from the Congo.
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Social Studies: Geography

  Curriculum Standard 13

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of human systems on Earth's surface including the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations; the nature and complexity of patterns of cultural diffusion; patterns and networks of economic interdependence; processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement; and the forces of cooperation and conflict that shape human geographic divisions.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

• Define the major components of culture and write a description of their culture.

Social Studies: History

  Curriculum Standard 18

Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the chronology and significant developments of world history including the study of ancient, medieval, and modern Europe (Western civilization) with particular emphasis on those developments that have shaped the experience of the entire globe over the last 500 years and those ideas, institutions, and cultural legacies that have directly influenced American thought, culture, and politics.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the origin, development, and distinctive characteristics of major ancient, classical, and agrarian civilizations including the Mesopotamian, Ancient Hebrew, Egyptian, Nubian (Kush), Greek, Roman, Gupta Indian, Han Chinese, Islamic, Byzantine, Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations.