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Destination:  American History

 

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Period valid : September 2008-June 2009

 

 

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American History Timeline

Answer as many as you can in the time provided

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Draw the general shape of North America prior to historic times:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. When did the Chaco Culture flourish in North America?

 

  1. When did the Iroquois Federation exist?.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Who were the Plains Indians and when did they flourish?

 

 

 

  1. When was First Contact made by an outside culture with

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What Culture made First Contact?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. When on your TimeLine will you place the Pilgrims?  What Year?

 

 

  1. The switch from Agrarian to Industrial happen when in North America?

 

 

 

 

  1. Transcendentalism began to be written about when?.

 

 

  1. Brook Farm was a center for what?

 

 

 

  1. List 3 well know writers who spent time at Brook Farm.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. If you could choose one time in American History to highlight on your timeline what would it be and why?

 

 

 

 

Trail Guides for Time Line Project:

 

 

Answer as many as you can in the time provided

 

First Americans

 

 

1.     In your own words: Who were the First Americans?

 

 

 

 

2.     List the 10 culture areas of North America?

 

 

 

  1. Who Are the Haudenosaunee?:

 

 

  1. Who were the Anasazi?

 

 

  1. Who were the Hopewellians

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  1. When was the Mississippi Culture?

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  1. What is a Potlatch?  What culture in North America made the Potlatch a central part of their lives?
  1. What is Woodhenge - Cahokia?  Where is it located? 
  1. Who was Chief Seattle and When did he live?

 

 

 

 

  1. Who was Chief Joseph and when did he live?

 

 

 

  1. List one important thing about each of the two Chief’s mentioned above.

 

 

 

  1. What Native American culture lived in the area of the Great Lakes?

 

 

 

Trail Guides:

 

 

 

 

Religion and American History

 

Answer as many as you can in the time provided

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1.     Native Americans had many complex religious beliefs before the first Europeans settled?  Describe two of the religious beliefs current in North America prior to the Pilgrims?  (such as the kachinas or north coast narnuks).

 

 

 

  1. Beginning in 1630 how many Puritans began to settle in North America to get away from religious persecution?

 

 

 

 

  1. When did the Quakers begin to settle in North America?

 

 

 

  1. Who were the Shakers and where did they live?

 

 

  1. Who was Octavius Brooks Frothingham?  What is he most know for?

 

 

 

  1. In the Iroquois story of creation who was “The Sky Holder” .

 

 

  1. List 4 Iroquois cultural values?

 

 

  1. What is the Clan Mother responsible for in Iroquois culture?

 

 

  1. List the six great epochs of Haudenosaunee  (Iroquois) history?

 

 

  1. What is the “Seventh Generation” in Iroquois culture?

 

 

  1.  List 5 religions currently active in North America?

 

  1. Briefly describe how the Iroquois Federation affected the writing of the American Constitution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trail Guides:

 

 

Literature and American History
  1. Sentenace definition – practical exercise:

Using the exercise at: http://www.rain.org/homeschool/reading/reading-def-of-sentence-class-exercise.html create sentences from each of the 8 words which then make a complete paragraph.

 

 

  1. Name 3 important writers from the 1800 time and one book for each author.  

 

 

  1. Who was Samuel Clemins?  List two books which he wrote.

 

 

 

  1. What book do you know which describes the old west?

 

 

 

  1. Who was Walt Whitman?

 

 

 

  1. List one book Whitman wrote with “leaves” in the Title.  When did he write that book? 

 

  1. Who was Thoreau?  What cabin did he write about and in what year did he write about the cabin?

 

 

  1. List 3 important women writers / artists from the 1800’s?

 

 

  1. Did Native Americans create Literature?  If so describe.

 

 

  1. What is the Blessingway story?  From what people?

 

 

  1. Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?  Name one book he wrote.

 

 

  1. Writers as well as painters have worked to capture the mystery and beauty of  American History. Which of the American writer’s stories on Camp Internet did you enjoy reading the most? Why?

 

 

 

 

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Revolution and American History

Answer as many as you can in the time provided

 

 

 

 

  1. When was the Declaration of Independence written?.

 

 

 

  1. What Iroquois Chief held meetings with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin to discuss the structure of the Iroquois Federation?

 

 

  1. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

 

 

 

 

  1. Was the first President, George Washington, elected in a popular election?.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Is equality guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution ?  If so describe how.

 

 

 

  1. What was the cause of the American Revolution?

 

 

 

 

  1. What were the two most important two crops which gave early Americans the economics needed to become their own nation?

 

 

 

  1. Who was Paul Revere and what is he famous for?

 

 

 

  1. List the first States in the Union after the Revolution?

 

 

  1. What did the war of 1812 have to do with the Revolution?

 

 

  1. What are the “rights” listed in the Bill of Rights?

 

 

 

 

 

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Native American Culture Today

Answer as many as you can in the time provided

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Where do the descendents of the Mesa Verde and Chacoan people live today – and why did they move there?

 

 

  1. What types of prehistoric work do the Puebloan people still do today?

 

 

  1. What types of new work do Native Peoples in the Southwest do today to support their families?

 

 

  1. Where do Southwest Indian children go to school? And why ?

 

 

  1. How do the Native Southwest peoples keep their ancient ways alive today ?

 

 

 

  1. What type of large inter-tribal gatherings is held every year and what takes place?

 

 

  1. Name three serious cultural and health challenges that the Native Southwest peoples face today:

 

 

  1. Look at the Native American art available for you to view online. What themes do you see in these works?

 

 

  1. When you read the Native American writing available online on Camp Internet, what do you think drives these Native people to write? What cultural challenges do they address in their writings?

 

 

  1. What is an Indian Reservation?

 

 

  1. What division of the US Government was established to oversee Indian/US Got relations?

 

 

  1. When the US Government recognizes a Native American tribe, it receives a different status and different opportunities than tribal groups who have not yet qualified for recognition. What are this status and its resulting opportunities?

 

 

 

 

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