UNIT 1: LESSON #1 “NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS” AP CH 1.

UNIT 1: LEARNING TARGETS 1. Students can explain the cultures that developed in the Americas, before European exploration. 2. Students understand the motivations for exploration and can compare and contrast the voyages of Columbus and the other explorers of the New World. 3. Students can analyze and describe the impact of the Columbian Exchange. 4. Students understand why the Spanish are the first to conquer N.A. populations in North and South America, creating an enormous empire, and why others followed later. 5. Students understand that variations in- -The Environment -Geography -Climate -Natural Resources -all contributed to regional differences in what would become the British colonies.

UNIT 1: LESSON #1 “NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS” LEARNING TARGET 1. Students can explain the cultures that developed in the Americas, before European exploration.

UNIT 1: LESSON #1 “NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS” The Geography of North America 33,000 years ago. The Hemispheres were connected then. 1. 2. B. Main Terrain Features: 3.

UNIT 1: LESSON #1 “NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS” II. The Movement of Humans in to North America: The Bering Migration Route (Pg. 6 MAP 1.1) A. B. C.

UNIT 1: LESSON #1 “NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS” III. Cultural Diversity Caused by Environment. (Pg. 9 MAP 1.2) A. Cahokia (pg. 10) B. Western Plains People C. Southwest Pueblo People D. Northwest Fishing Tribes E. Eastern Woodland Tribes

UNIT 1: LESSON #1 “NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS” IV. Commonalities: A. Creation Stories and Oral Tradition B. C. D. E. F.