8/29 & 8/30___1.2 Cultures Meet in America

  • DO NOW: In your composition book/notebook, briefly describe how you think humans first arrived in the Americas. (2-5 sentences)
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    • Objective: SWBAT analyze and compare contemporary and historical regions of the United States on the basis of physical characteristics and human characteristics.
    • Standard: CA.HSS.8.1 - Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
    • Objective: SWBAT describe the traditions of  Native Americans, Europeans, and West Africans in the time leading up to their convergence in the Americas.
    • Essential Question: In what ways were the cultural traditions of Native Americans, Europeans, and West Africans alike and different?
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      Agenda

      • Pair-Share: DO NOW responses

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        All of the following assignments should be completed by the end of class (they should be completed in the following order):

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          • read: EARTH ARTISTS
          • complete: (pg 16) GRAPHIC ORGANIZER: MAIN IDEA WEB
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          • read: THE SOUTHWEST
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            • read: THREE LATIN AMERICAN EMPIRES
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            EXIT TICKET: 

            Which of the Ancestral Pueblo innovations do you think was most important in allowing for the creation of citites? Explain why your choice is more significant than the others mentioned in section 3.




            1. complete GREASES CHART (pg 18)
            2. mark the page with a post it note

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