Tennessee History (Part I): Sections 1 - 3

Tennessee Section 1: Environment and Geography in Tennessee History

• Key Terms (p.TN54)
• Map Skills a & b (p.TN55)
• Checkpoint (p.TN56)
• Checkpoint (p.TN57)
• Checkpoint (p.TN59)

Tennessee section 2: Civil and Political Rights

• Key Terms (p.TN60)
• Checkpoint (p.TN64)
• Check Your Progress (p.TN64)
• #2, 3, & 6

Tennessee Section 3: Women in History

• Key Terms (p.TN65)
• Nineteenth Amendment
• Checkpoint (p.TN66)
• Checkpoint (p.TN67)
• Check Your Progress (p.TN67)
• #1, 2, 6

Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee:

A History of the Coal Creek Labor Saga:

Jellico: Rebirth of a Community

World War Two Japanese Surrender Document:

9/11: What was it about?

Journal: What do you know about the 9/11 terrorist attack?
Take 5 minutes to discuss what you know about the 9/11 attack.  Who did it?  What did they "hit"?  What happened afterward?

The 9/11 Incident As it Happened:
   

The Pentagon:

Alan Jackson did a nice tribute:

The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing:

My Viral Creation:

David Letterman: 9/11 Monologue

A piece of the Twin Towers as part of a permanent memorial at Oak Ridge High School (Oak Ridge, TN): 

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)