CHAPTER 1 HISTORY ALIVE

Last revised 8-24-12

Agenda: (8-22)Warm-up activityNotebook CoversGeography ChallengeThe First Americans

Warm Up

Imagine living only off the land

in this environment!

AND THEN…Make a list of things you would have to do to… eat, clothe yourself, house your family, other survival issues?How would you get these materials?

Geography Challenge#s 1,2,&3…SHADE SPANISH, FRENCH, AND BRITISH

LAND CLAIMS. 4. The Appalachian Mountains fell mainly

within Great Britain’s land claims and bordered French land claims.

5. The Rocky Mountains fell mainly within Spain’s land claims and bordered French and British land claims.

6. Accept any three of the following rivers: Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Platte, Arkansas, Red, St. Lawrence.

7. The colonies that became the original United States were part of Britain’s land claims. The colonists who settled in this region sought American Indians’ land.

8. American Indians hunted more in order to satisfy the French demand for furs.

9. Other ways of making a living in these areas might have been hunting, fishing, or manufacturing goods.

10. The Appalachian Mountains. Possible answer:Traveling over land, a good way to cross the

Appalachian Mountains might be to look for lower mountains or a low opening between mountains.

11. The land rises in elevation from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

West of the Rocky Mountains, elevation varies from mountains to lower-elevation land between the mountains and along the coast.

Farming might be easier on flatter land.

Agenda:Warm UpComplete Geography ChallengeHistory Alive Expectations

Warm-UpBesides farming, what other ways can a person make a living in the environment you see in the picture?

Write your answer on warm-up sheet from Thursday.

History Alive Expectations1- Be Neat! Your notebook is your primary

study tool and my way of measuring your level of engagement (focus).You will be required to get specific pages signed as a way to share your progress with your family.

2- Complete all assignments! Partial answers can only confuse you. If you need more time to complete answers, just ask.

3- Group Work is Crucial!Many times throughout the year you will be required to work with a small group to complete specific tasks.- talk only to your group members- absolutely no group to group conversations- FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS CLOSELY AND QUICKLY.- MAKE YOUR GROUP HAPPY!

Agenda 8-26-13 Warm-up Continue History Alive Introduction Ch. 1

Warm-up

ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER, DEFINE THE FOLLOWING WORDS NEATLY. MIGRATE, ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCE, CULTURE, CULTURAL REGION.

You will find the definitions in the margins on pages 6 and 7.

Be A STAR !

4 Column Vocabulary Study Guide Directions

Create a study guide that has 4 columns.

Each column will have a different theme,The written wordThe word used in a sentence (this can be

quoted from the text)The definition of the word (found in the

margin of the chapter)A visual clue that you create to help you

remember.

SampleMIGRATE To move

from one place and establish a home in a new place.

Our family migrated last year to Louisville.

Disease was the silent destroyer of native people.– Smallpox, Measles, Chicken Pox, Influenza,

tuberculosis, to name a few.

Smallpox

Agenda 8-27-13 Warm-up Primary vs. Secondary sources History Alive Ch. 1 continued

YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A WARM-UP SLIP AT THE DOOR…

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors.We borrow it from our children.

Native American Proverb

I hope these cars

Watch where they’regoing

Social Studies Agenda1- Warm-Up2- History Alive Notebooks are here!3- Finish through 1.4

8-28-13 Social Studies Agenda1- Warm-Up2- History Alive Groups3- Finish through 1.4

How close are you to a bull’s eye?

I can thoroughly explain how the first Americans

adapted to their environments.

Using vocab.

Warm-upNotebook Self Check

How neat and complete is your notebook?

Write a letter grade on the top of page and

explain with a sentence on top of page 7.

Top 10 Benefits of your Interactive Notebook

Helps students with organization. Excellent reference for information. Conferencing Resource. Study tool. Students can take pride in work saved. Use as a final exam. Review tool for end of year state tests. Allows creativity to show. Students get to exercise responsibility. Mr. Welch can teach more stuff!

9-03-13 Agenda1- Group Warm-Up2- Exploring Native American Cultural Regions3- Assessment Review/Reading Further

Warm-up

Use the whip around strategy to read page twenty.

(Whip Around Strategy: Each student reads a paragraph in a circle to your left. The oldest in the group goes first.)

I can thoroughly

explain how the first Americans

adapted to their

environments.

New Reflection Requirement

WHAT?20-50 WORD WRITTEN REFLECTION OF IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU LEARNED IN CLASS… WHAT IMPACTED YOU MOST?

WHEN?AT THE END OF EACH CLASS, TAKE THE LAST 3-5 MINUTES TO NEATLY WRITE YOUR REFLECTION.

HOW?WRITE THE DATE. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!NEATLY RECORD THE IMPORTANT DETAILS FROM THE DAY’S LESSONS.STAY SILENT UNTIL DISMISSAL IF YOU FINISH BEFORE OTHERS. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO USE THE ENTIRE TIME.WRITE THEM ON THE SAME SHEET OF PAPER. THEY WILL BE COLLECTED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF 5 ENTRIES.

WHY?REFLECTING ON WHAT WAS LEARNED IS THE BEST WAY TO STUDY. ESPESCIALLY IF DONE IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEARNING.

MORE GRADES FOR YOU!

9-4-13 Agenda Group Warm-Up Workbook (pages 8-9) Text pages 10-19 Test Friday/Review Thurs.

Warm-up

Use the whip around strategy to read pages 20 through 22.

This activity will be graded through teacher observation. Please respect the directions and classmates.

(Whip Around Strategy: Each student reads a paragraph in a circle to your left. The oldest in the group goes first.)

9-5-13 Social Studies

I CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE FIRST

AMERICANS ADAPTED TO THEIR

ENVIRONMENTS.

AGENDA:WARM-UPFINISH CH 1TEST REVIEWTOMORROW’S AGENDA

WARM-UP

PART 1FINISH READING PAGES 22-

23 ON YOUR OWN.

PART 2

COPY THE ONE NON-NEGOTIABLE IN YOUR

IMPACT JOURNAL THAT YOU FEEL IS MOST IMPORTANT

9-6-13 SOCIAL STUDIES AGENDA

WARM-UP… WORD SEARCH CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 VOCABULARY

PAGE 10 PROCESSING IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

PAGES 11 AND 12 READING FURTHER (REFER TO YOUR TEXT

PAGES 20-23)

Workbook Answers The following slides provide checked

answers to workbook materials.

1.21- BERINGIA: This is a wide bridge of land

that was exposed during the last ice age about 30,000 years ago.

2- The First Americans came from Asia during the last ice age.

They migrated to North and South America.

1.3 1- American Indians in the far

north regions used natural resources to adapt to their environment by making warm, hooded clothing from animal skins. To avoid being blinded by the glare of the sun, they made goggles out of bone with slits to see through.

1.3 2- A culture is a way of life

and includes a people’s beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing.

1.3 3-American Indiansliving on the Plains

would primarily wear clothing made from animal hide, fur, and plant materials.

American Indians living in the Southeast would build rectangular houses with pointed leaf roofs.

American Indians living in the Great Basin would eat animals and wild plants

1.4 American Indians viewed

themselves as a part of the community of plants, animals, and other natural objects.

Test review 1. How do scientists think people

migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?

They sailed across a narrow strait. They traveled south from Canada. They traveled across a land bridge. They sailed to Mexico and then drifted

north.

2. Why did the first Americans migrate from Asia to the Americas?

in search of food to locate fertile farmland to flee from hostile tribes in search of a better climate

3. Which of these characterizes an American Indian cultural region?

People migrated together. People have the same leader. People share a similar language. People come from the same family.

4. Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?

Groups settled in the areas at various times.

Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.

Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.

Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

5. Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?

They believed they owned the land on which they lived.

They believed that the land should remain unchanged.

They believed they were a part of a community of living things.

They believed they were the rulers of the region in which they lived.

6. Which of these was most important to the survival of the American Indians?

land and home ownership trade to meet their daily needs ability to use natural resources warm and mild climate conditions

7. How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?

They read their journals. They study their artifacts. They live in their shelters. They speak to their families.

8. How did the American Indians in the Southeast live?

They lived in wooden longhouses in the forest.

They lived in adobe villages on top of flat mesas.

They lived in underground pit houses beside major rivers.

They lived in towns clustered around large earthen mounds.

9. American Indians who lived on the Plains wore clothing made from animal hides. Which of these was an important economic activity in this region?

fishing mining hunting gathering

10. Which of these describes one way American Indians adapted the environment to meet their needs?

Northwest Coast people ate fish. Southwest people made many things

with corn. Great Plains people made clothing from

animal hides. Eastern Woodlands people burned trees

to plant corn.

11. Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?

trading hunting herding farming

12. Which of these was an important resource of the Northwest Coast people?

Great Lakes Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River

13. Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an American Indian group?

food sources language skills land ownership religious celebrations

14. Which of these was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian group?

wealth climate religion education

15. Which conditions challenged the survival of American Indians in the Southwest?

extreme cold and flat land dense forests and wild animals high temperatures and lack of water dangerous storms and flooded fields

16. How was it possible for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert?

They used rain barrels. They dug irrigation ditches. They traded their crops for water. They planted drought-tolerant corn.

Short Answer17. Which cultural region is described by

the following?*dense grass* treeless grasslands*large buffalo herds

Great Plains

18. What was one important resource for American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands?

Forests or Trees

Lakes or Rivers

19. American Indians were resourceful people. Which cultural region required the most resourcefulness? Briefly explain why you think so and support your reasoning with facts.

Focus on climate. The more difficult climates have to be most resourceful.

Exploring the Essential Question: How did the first Americans adapt to their environments?

20. Choose two of the following cultural regions—Northwest Coast, California, Plateau, Great Basin, Southeast, or Eastern Woodlands—and draw an artifact that was or may have been discovered in each of those regions.

Write a paragraph about each of your two artifacts that • describes how it is made, including the materials

used. • explains its uses. • explains how it shows adaptation to that cultural

region. Make sure to convey your ideas clearly, using standard

English.