UNIT 1: COLONIAL AMERICA CHAPTER 1: BEFORE EUROPEAN

EXPLORATION

Section 1.1: The First Americans

UNIT 1 PRE-ASSESSMENT

You will take the Unit 1 Pre-Assessment to measure what you already know about Colonial America. We will compare your pre-assessment results with your Unit 1 Assessment results to measure your growth as a student.

JOURNAL PROMPT

Answer the Journal Prompt question from Section 1.1 in your Social Studies Notebook.

PREVIEW

Answer the Preview Question from Section 1.1 in your Social Studies Notebook.

VOCABULARY

Using the vocabulary words from Section 1.1, complete a vocabulary Word Cluster. Set up your word cluster like the example below.Word and Definition

Synonym

Antonym

Use it in a sentence

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NOTE TAKING

As you read Section 1.1, you will structure your notes in your social studies notebook using Cornell Notetaking.

Topic Information

Summary of Section:

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Using your notes, answer the formative assessment questions found throughout Section 1.1 in your social studies notebook.

WHO CAME TO AMERICA FIRST NOTES

Large amounts of frozen water froze into giant sheets of ice called glaciers, allowing ocean levels to drop

The Bearing Land Bridge, a strip of land connecting Asia and North America (present day Russia and Alaska), was exposed, allowing Paleo Indians to migrate across from one continent to the other (between 38,000-10,000 BC)

As temperatures grew warmer, animals thrived, giving Paleo-Indians a good source of food, building materials, clothing, and more. Pale-Indians migrated with the animals throughout the Americas

EARLY AMERICAN SOCIETIES NOTES

Olmec – Earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica (1200 BC). Known for use of stone, built the first pyramids in the Americas, and created large sculptures of stone heads.

Maya – Grew maize and lived in small villages, but began to build large cities around 200 BC. Cities had large pyramids, stone temples, palaces, and bridges. Paved large plazas for public gatherings and built canals.

Aztec – Superior military ability. During 1100s, migrated to central Mexico, conquering and making alliances. Controlled a huge trade network. Capital Tenochtitlan was built in the middle of a lake. Forced others to pay tribute and were most powerful in the region.

Inca – In the Andes Mountains, expanded their empire in the 1400s that stretched the west coast of South America. Had a strong government and king that ruled 12 million. Known for building, art, and advanced system of roads.

REVIEW

Complete the Review Questions for Section 1.1 in your social studies notebook.

CLOSURE ACTIVITY

Complete the Interactive Map Closure Activity from Section 1.1 your Social Studies Notebook.

INTERPRETING MAPS

Answer the Section 1.1 Interpreting Maps questions in your Social Studies Notebook.

ASSESSMENT

Complete the Section 1.1 Assessment on a separate sheet of paper, which will be turned in once completed.

UNIT 1: COLONIAL AMERICA CHAPTER 1: BEFORE EUROPEAN

EXPLORATION

Section 1.2: Native American

Cultures

FLASHBACK

Complete the Flashback questions from Section 1.2 in your social studies notebook.

PREVIEW

Complete the Preview Question from Section 1.2 in your social studies notebook.

VOCABULARY

Using the vocabulary words from Section 1.2, complete a vocabulary Word Cluster. Set up your word cluster like the example below.Word and Definition

Synonym

Antonym

Use it in a sentence

Illustration:

NOTE TAKING

As you read Section 5.1, you will structure your notes in your social studies notebook using Cornell Notetaking.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Using your notes, answer the formative assessment questions found throughout Section 1.2 in your social studies notebook.

EARLY NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETIES NOTES

Anasazi – Lived in American Southwest. Despite a dry environment, they grew maize, beans, and squash, and used irrigation. Skilled basket weavers and potters. Lived in pueblos, or aboveground houses made of heavy clay called adobe. Built multi-storied building that houses up to 1,000 people. Used Kivas, or underground ceremonial chambers.

Mound builders – Lived along Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri River valleys. Known for agriculture and trade. Built large burial mounds to honor their dead. Cahokia was largest city (present-day St. Louis). Had a population of about 30,000.

NATIVE AMERICAN REGIONS NOTES

North – Far north (artic), people lived in igloos, hide tents, and huts. Lived in multi-family homes partially underground, and survived by hunting and fishing. In Sub-artic, people followed seasonal migrations of deer and lived in animal-hide shelters.

Northwest – Native Americans carved totem poles. Had feasts called potlatches where chiefs or the wealthy gave away their belongings as gifts.

West – Didn’t farm since food sources were plentiful. Lived on Acorns, fished, and hunted animals.

Southwest – Irrigated the land for farming and religion focused heavily on rain since it was a dry environment. Many groups were nomadic.

NATIVE AMERICAN REGIONS NOTES

Great Plains – Mostly grassland and home to buffalo, deer, elk, and other game. Tribes were nomadic and hunted with spears and bows. Used buffalo for everything; shields, clothing, covering for teepees, or cone-shaped houses, etc. Most were matrilineal, or traced their ancestry through their mothers.

Northeast – Had an abundance of food sources. Fished, hunted, and build long houses made of wood. Were farmers, traders, and established the Iroquois

League, an alliance of tribes to wage war and peace with non-Iroquois people.

Southeast – Lived in farming villages governed by councils. Hunted, gathered plants, and fished.

REVIEW

Complete the review questions from Section 1.2 in your social studies notebook.

CLOSURE ACTIVITY

You will complete the Closure Activity, Mapping Native American Cultures, from Section 1.2.

INTERPRETING MAPS

Complete the Interpreting Maps questions from Section 1.2 in your Social Studies Notebook.

ASSESSMENT

Complete the Section 1.2 Assessment on a separate sheet of paper that will be turned in once completed.