| LOCATION AND PLACE: THE PHYSICAL AND
CULTURAL SETTING IN THE AMERICAS - THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHY ON
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT - MODERN GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES
- DEMOGRAPHICS |
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GEOGRAPHY AND THE FIRST AMERICANS |
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HANDOUTS |
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HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "The First Americans" |
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HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "Mound Builders and Pueblos" |
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HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "Native-American Cultures" |
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HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "The Enduring Mystery of the Anasazi" |
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HANDOUT: Word Search Puzzle - "Americas before Columbus" |
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HANDOUT: Word Search Puzzle - "Native American Cultures at the Time of Columbus" |
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HANDOUT:
Word Search Puzzle - "The Columbian Exchange"
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Click
here for a large library of American history-themed
printable readings with questions. |
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MAPS and PICTURES |
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POWERPOINTS |
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POWERPOINT: "The Earliest Americans" PowerPoint
Presentation - 15 total slides with 14 total review questions (7
questions on slide #8 and 7 questions on slide #15) - Version:
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PPT |
PPTX |
Student Notes |
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POWERPOINT: "North American Indians in 1492" |
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VIDEO LINKS |
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VIDEO LINK: "The Adena People:
Moundbuilders of Kentucky" (Kentucky) - 6 minutes - Archaeology
Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Ancient Fires at Cliff Palace
Pond" (Kentucky) - 11 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Ancient Mound Builders: The
Marksville State Historic Site" (Louisiana) - 15 minutes -
Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "The Cultural Heritage of the
Great Sage Plain" (Colorado and
Utah) - 19 minutes - Archaeology
Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Gila Cliff Dwellings" (New
Mexico) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Ground Zero/Sacred Ground"
(New Mexico) - 9 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Hopi Fires" (Arizona) - 30
minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "In Vivid Color: Voices from
Shiloh's Mound" (Tennessee) - 22 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Legacy of the Mound Builders"
(Ohio) - 17 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Mesa Verde Burns" (Colorado)-
3.25 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Mesa Verde: A CyArk Case
Study" (Colorado) - 3 minutes - Archaeology
Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Mesa Verde: Legacy of Stone
and Spirit" (Colorado) - 24 minutes -
Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Moundville: Journey through
Time" (Alabama) - 17 minutes - Archaeology
Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "The Obsidian Trail" (California)
- 27 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Ocmulgee: Mysteries of the
Mounds" (Georgia) - 17 minutes - Archaeology
Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "People of the Whale, Part 1" (Washington)
- 21 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Poverty Point Earthworks:
Evolutionary Milestones of the Americas" (Louisiana)
- 22 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Reclaiming Our Heritage: The
Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia" (Virginia) -
21 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "The River Has Many Stories" (Idaho
and Oregon) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Saving a Kentucky Time
Capsule" (Kentucky) - 9 minutes - Archaeology
Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Archaeology: A Journey into
the Past" (Arizona) - 12 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Besh-ba-gowah" (Arizona) - 14
minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Ghosts of the Mountains"
(pre-Columbian Pennsylvania) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "A Journey through Time:
Archaeology at St. Johns" (Oregon) - 15 minutes
- Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "Proving Up and Settling Down:
Stories of Life in Hells Canyon" (Idaho
and
Oregon) - 25 minutes - Archaeology Channel |
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VIDEO LINK: "A Forgotten Place: The History
of an Abandoned Farming Community" (North Carolina) - 37 minutes
- Archaeology Channel |
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INTERNAL WEBSITE LINK: Geography |
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