Chapter 1:1: Many Cultures Meet / Outlining a Chapter

Chapter 1 Section 1: Many Cultures Meet

1. Read Chapter 1.1: Many Cultures Meet
2. Begin "Section 1 Assessment" on page 8.
• Label your paper with the proper header format.
• Add the "Terms and People" and find their "definition".
• Complete the "Causes and Effects" chart. (p.4)
• Checkpoint (p.5): How did geography influence the American Indians' way of life?
• Map Skills (p.5): #2 & 3
• Checkpoint (p.6): Why did Europeans seek a sea route to Asia?
• Checkpoint (p.6): What effects did the Portuguese mariners have in West Africa?
• Global Interdependence (p.7): #1 & 2
• Checkpoint (p.8): How did European explorations affect life in the Americas, Africa and Europe?
• Section 1 Assessment (p.8): #2, 3, 4 & 5.

When finished, place papers in the 2nd (U.S. HISTORY) basket on my desk and I will grade them over the weekend.

Note:  Since I am not at school, we will do this on Tuesday:

Today we will also explore a method for outlining a chapter.  This is another study method to help students break down their texts into more manageable blocks of information.

Pocahontas

Sometimes what we "know" about history is as fanciful as a Disney cartoon.  The story of Pocahontas, for example.  Or her real name -- Matoaka.  

National Geographic: The Human Family Tree

Momondo: The DNA Journey
Mr. Griffith's Moms Ancestry

The Human Family Tree Download the Worksheet Here The Myth of Race (Debunked in 3 Minutes)
The Human Family Tree Animation (Banrace.org):

DNA Genesis: The Children of Adam

Bill Nye The Science Guy: Race Is Race a Social Construct? (Video removed)