1. Get out a sheet of paper and be ready to go
Taking Notes
Get out a sheet of paper and be ready to go

2. Taking Notes NDP + title Write down At Least what’s on the board
More is better
Don’t write down something you don’t understand
A term, a concept, etc.
Review, review, review
Taking notes is only one part of the learning process

3. In Early American History 1600s to 1800s
CHANGES
In Early American History
1600s to 1800s
This is the title to your notes

4. Areas of Change Political Social Technological Economic
How gov’ts govern
Social
How people act & think
Technological
How people accomplish tasks
Economic
How people make choices

5. No major changes in 2,000+ years prior to 1800s
Rate of Change
No major changes in ,000+ years prior to 1800s

6. 600s A.D.
1200s A.D.
1800s A.D.

7. Exponential Change
From the 1800s on, each generation experiences changes the previous generation couldn’t even imagine…

8. Political Change
Pre Monarchies
King George III
King Louis XIV

9. Political Change
Post 1700s - Democracies
President George Washington

10. Social Change Peasants Vassals Pre 1700 – Social Classes
This is what you are
born into and will die in
Monarch
Nobles
Vassals
Peasants

11. Social Change Commoners Landowners Post 1700 – Economic Classes
You may born into it,
but you are not
stuck there
Landowners
Commoners

12. Technological Change
Pre 1700 – hand-crafted goods - agricultural

13. Technological Change
Post 1700 – factory-produced goods - agricultural

14. Technological Change
Pre 1700 – Natural power - agricultural

15. Technological Change
Post 1700 – Steam power - agricultural

16. Technological Change
Pre 1700 – Natural power - manufacturing

17. Technological Change
Post 1700 – Steam power - manufacturing

18. Technological Change
Pre 1700 – Natural power - transportation

19. Technological Change
Post 1700 – Steam power - transportation

20. Travel Times across Atlantic
1700s sailing ship = 30 days
1800s clipper ship = 16 days
1900s steamship = 4 days

21. Travel Times by road from NYC: 1820 1 week
2 weeks
3 weeks
4 weeks
5 weeks

22. Travel Time along the Oregon Trail – 1840s
4-6 months!

23. Travel Times by railroad: 1880s
1 week

24. Technological Change
Pre 1700 – Candles & oil lamps

25. Technological Change
Post 1700 – Kerosene lamps & electric lights

26. What’s changed in your lifetime?
What have these replaced?