Early Americas and European Exploration

PowerPoint, Notes, & Activities Set

POWERPOINT DESCRIPTION: Utilize this PowerPoint (61 slides & editable) to set the stage for teaching about early exploration and colonization of the "New World" for your U.S. History class.

THIS POWERPOINT COVERS:

• Vocabulary terms
• Beringia
• How early Americans modified and adapted to their environment
• Overviews of Olmec, Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations
• Physical and early cultural regions of North America
• The Middle Ages
• Feudalism
• The Crusades
• Trade
• Silk Road
• Europe's Renaissance
• Vikings in the Americas
• Columbus
• Motivations for exploration
• Columbian Exchange

TEKS/LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• 8.2.A identify reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America
• 8.1.B apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods
• 8.10.B compare places and regions of the United States in terms of physical and human characteristics
• 8.10.C analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historical and contemporary events in the United States
• 8.11.B describe the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the physical environment of the United States

PLEASE NOTE:

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• Videos are included in the PowerPoint
• Franklin Gothic Book and Bookman Old Style are the primary fonts used in this presentation - you may need to adjust the font/size if you do not have a version of PowerPoint that includes these fonts
• Discussion questions are included in the PowerPoint
• Questions to check for understanding are included in the PowerPoint

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Resource Bundle To Accompany the PowerPoint Description: This 25 page bundle of resources follows the PowerPoint in my store titled "Early America and Early Exploration - U.S. History Pre-History-1500s".

THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES:

• 2 pages of unit vocabulary
• 7 pages of Cornell style notes that follow the PowerPoint
• 6 writing prompts on lined pages
• 10 pages of maps and questions that follow the lessons in the PowerPoint

TEKS/LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• 8.2.A identify reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America
• 8.1.B apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods
• 8.10.B compare places and regions of the United States in terms of physical and human characteristics
• 8.10.C analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historical and contemporary events in the United States
• 8.11.B describe the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the physical environment of the United States

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