Early Societies September 2, 2014

Materials INB Pencil Lined sheet of paper Post-it 2 colors Handouts Early Societies 1.Class jobs applications due next Monday: 2.Runner 3.Class Manager 4.Paper 5.Homework 6.Attendance 7.PREP Points

Today in History September Union armies led by General William Tecumseh Sherman occupy Atlanta, Georgia. They will burn much of the city before beginning their march to the Atlantic Ocean Alabama governor George Wallace prevented the racial integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers.AlabamaGeorge Wallace Ho Chi Minh, leader of North Vietnam and architect of Vietnamese independence, dies at the age of 79.

Do Now: How do climate and environment affect society?

INB p.20

How did climate change affect the early Americas? p Paleo-Indians crossed the land bridge from Asia to Alaska during the last ice age from 38,000 to 10,000BC. 2.Paleo-Indians and their descendants moved into present day Canada, the United States, Mexico, and South America.

Climate Affects Early People p Early people were hunter- gatherers, who hunted animals, and gathered wild plants. 4. The warming climate created new environments. 5. Different environments influenced the development of Native American societies.

p Paleo-Indians crossed the land bridge from Asia to Alaska during the last ice age from 38,000 to 10,000BC. 2. Paleo-Indians and their descendants moved into present day Canada, the United States, Mexico, and South America. 3. Early people were hunter-gatherers, who hunted animals, and gathered wild plants. 4. The warming climate created new environments. 5. Different environments influenced the development of Native American societies. p. 21 Explain and illustrate how climate change affected the early Americas. Use the following sentence starter Climate change affected the early Americas because…..

Archeology 1.What is archeology? 2.What is an archeological dig?

Class Expectations Conversation: Café Help: Group  Mrs. DW Activity: Archeological dig Movement: None, you are at your desk Participation: Dig & Completing chart in INB Success: Gathering information from notes and your dig to be able to complete your exit slip and homework correctly.

How to record what you find: Create a table on p.23 Item #SketchDescription 3-4 bullet points What is it? Size, color, texture GRAPES: Is this item an example of geography, religion, arts/architecture, economy or society? Affect on society? How would this item affect society?

Exit slip How does environment affect society?

HW: p.23 Choose one of the items you discovered during the archeological dig, and answer the following questions: 1. How do you think this item was used by the people of its society? 2. What item would we use in its place today? 3. Make a prediction: What does this item tell you about the environment of this society? Why? Extension assignment: How is climate change affecting society today? (1 paragraph, separate sheet of paper)