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American/U.S. History
 
Section 2: Geography and the First Americans
 
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
GEOGRAPHY AND THE FIRST AMERICANS
HANDOUTS
HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "The First Americans"
HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "Mound Builders and Pueblos"
HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "Native-American Cultures"
HANDOUT: Reading with Questions - "The Enduring Mystery of the Anasazi"
HANDOUT: Word Search Puzzle - "Americas before Columbus"
HANDOUT: Word Search Puzzle - "Native American Cultures at the Time of Columbus"
HANDOUT: Word Search Puzzle - "The Columbian Exchange"
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MAPS and PICTURES
 
POWERPOINTS
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: PDF | PPT | PPTX | Student Notes
POWERPOINT: "North American Indians in 1492"
 
VIDEO LINKS
VIDEO LINK: "The Adena People: Moundbuilders of Kentucky" (Kentucky) - 6 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Ancient Fires at Cliff Palace Pond" (Kentucky) - 11 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Ancient Mound Builders: The Marksville State Historic Site" (Louisiana) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "The Cultural Heritage of the Great Sage Plain" (Colorado and Utah) - 19 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Gila Cliff Dwellings" (New Mexico) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Ground Zero/Sacred Ground" (New Mexico) - 9 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Hopi Fires" (Arizona) - 30 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "In Vivid Color: Voices from Shiloh's Mound" (Tennessee) - 22 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Legacy of the Mound Builders" (Ohio) - 17 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Mesa Verde Burns" (Colorado)- 3.25 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Mesa Verde: A CyArk Case Study" (Colorado) - 3 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Mesa Verde: Legacy of Stone and Spirit" (Colorado) - 24 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Moundville: Journey through Time" (Alabama) - 17 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "The Obsidian Trail" (California) - 27 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Ocmulgee: Mysteries of the Mounds" (Georgia) - 17 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "People of the Whale, Part 1" (Washington) - 21 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Poverty Point Earthworks: Evolutionary Milestones of the Americas" (Louisiana) - 22 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Reclaiming Our Heritage: The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia" (Virginia) - 21 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "The River Has Many Stories" (Idaho and Oregon) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Saving a Kentucky Time Capsule" (Kentucky) - 9 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Archaeology: A Journey into the Past" (Arizona) - 12 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Besh-ba-gowah" (Arizona) - 14 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Ghosts of the Mountains" (pre-Columbian Pennsylvania) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "A Journey through Time: Archaeology at St. Johns" (Oregon) - 15 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "Proving Up and Settling Down: Stories of Life in Hells Canyon" (Idaho and Oregon) - 25 minutes - Archaeology Channel
VIDEO LINK: "A Forgotten Place: The History of an Abandoned Farming Community" (North Carolina) - 37 minutes - Archaeology Channel
 
WEBSITE LINKS
INTERNAL WEBSITE LINK: Geography
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
 
 
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