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:
What do archaeologists study?
A: Artifacts and Ecofacts.
Today in Class:
Students completed an archeology simulation today. Students were placed in groups of four each group was given a bag of simulated garbage, students then sorted it and categorized it. Once sorted and categorized students had to write a summary stating what they knew about the people / family that belonged to that garbage. this exercise is designed to show students the thinking process archaeologists must go through when working at a dig site and in the lab.
Homework:
Review ch. 1 paying attention to pages 10 - 21 .
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 5, 1774 In response to a call from Georgia patriots to meet in Savannah on August 10, Georgia royal governor James Wright issued a proclamation prohibiting any unlawful assembly to protest British policy. Wright further warned in his proclamation that "all assembling and meetings of the people which may tend to raise fears and jealousies in the minds of his Majesty's subjects, under pretence [sic] of consulting together for redress of public grievances, are unconstitutional, illegal, and punishable by law."
Link-O the day:
http://www.caa-archeology.org/~caamicp/eastside/preind.html
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
