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.
b. Evaluate the impact of European contact on Native American cultures; include Spanish missions along the barrier islands, and the explorations of Hernando DeSoto.
c. Explain reasons for European exploration and settlement of North America, with emphasis on the interests of the French, Spanish, and British in the southeastern area.
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 does barter mean?
A: To trade a good or service without the use of money.
Today in Class:
Students were introduced to the four prehistoric native American Traditions that we will be studying over the next several days. They were also introduced to several vocabulary terms related to that study.
Homework:
Read page 74 - 75 and define the terms (Archaeologist, Artifacts, Shale, Anthropologists, and Culture) that in red on page 74.
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 Geography2 - 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 4, 1870 Oglethorpe University opened in Atlanta with a faculty of five professors, plus three teachers at its high school. Additionally, Oglethorpe had a separate law school with six instructors, and there were plans to open a medical school, a civil engineering school, and a business college. Originally, Oglethorpe University opened as a Presbyterian school in January 1838 in Baldwin County. After the Civil War broke out, the school closed.Unable to reopen immediately, university trustees voted in 1869 to move Oglethorpe University to downtown Atlanta. However, after only two years of operation, the Presbyterian Synod of Georgia ordered Oglethorpe closed at the end of fall term of 1872 because of financial difficulties.
Link-O the day:
http://www.caa-archeology.org/~caamicp/eastside/preind.html
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
