Standards:
History
SS8H1 The student will evaluate the development of Native American cultures and the impact of European exploration and settlement on the Native American cultures in Georgia.
a. Describe the evolution of Native American cultures (Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian) prior to European contact.
Essential Question:
How did various developments in the culture of prehistoric indigenous Americans mark their evolution from the Paleo period through the Mississippian Period?
Warm Up:
Name the four (4) prehistoric traditions?
A: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian.
Today in Class:
Students will work in groups of four (4) to locate information in their textbooks on the four (4) traditions in terms of weapons and tools, food and animals hunted, dwellings (where they lived), Evidence of religion (afterlife). Each member of the group was responsible for one tradition. Each member then shared their information with the others in their group. Tomorrow groups will present.
Go to this website for the 4 traditions matrix:http://awtreyms.blogs.com/hutchins/
Homework:
Review ch. 1 paying attention to pages 10 - 21 for quiz tomorrow.
Finish your 4 traditions sheet if not finished in class.
Long term Assignments:
Geography Quiz Unit 1 Part 2 Tuesday September 9th.
Unit 1 Test September 15th.
The test will be over Georgia's 5 regions pg. 9 - 21, General Geography 2 - 8, pg . 52 - 65 The Four Prehistoric Native American Traditions pg. 74 - 83, the two civilized Native American Tribes pg. 84 - 97 and Vocabulary from throughout the Unit.
Today in Georgia History:
September 8, 1776 A copy of the Declaration of Independence reached Savannah, and Archibald Bulloch read it to the Council of Safety.
Link-O the day:
http://www.caa-archeology.org/~caamicp/eastside/preind.html
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
