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.
Geography
SS8G1 The student will describe Georgia with regard to physical features and location.
a. Locate Georgia in relation to region, nation, continent, and hemisphere.
b. Describe the five physiographic (physical) regions of Georgia; include the Appalachian Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. c. Locate and evaluate the importance of key physical features on the development of Georgia; include the Fall Line, Appalachian Mountains, Chattahoochee and Savannah Rivers, and barrier Islands.
d. Evaluate the impact of climate on Georgia's development.
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:
None? Which Spanish explorer explored the southeast extensively bringing death and destruction to the Native Americans?
A: Hernando de Soto
Today in Class:
We reviewed Unit 1 Test results and then began looking at Unit 2.
Homework:
Finish the Unit 2 Vocabulary and Study Guide Sheet for Tuesday Unit 2 Vocab / study guide: http://awtreyms.blogs.com/hutchins/
Long term Assignments:
Vocabulary Quiz TBA probably Next Wednesday or Thursday.
Today in Georgia History:
September 22, 1877 President Rutherford B. Hayes arrived in Atlanta on a good-will trip in an attempt to mend North-South relations after Reconstruction. Hayes became the second sitting president to visit Atlanta (the first being Millard Fillmore, who came in 1854).
Link-O the day:
http://www.floridahistory.com/inset44.html
Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
