I don't know if any other history teachers make their students do theme notes but I figured it might be useful if I posted mine and see what kind of a response it got. Anyway here's Chapter 1:)
American Diversity
2000 languages by 1492
American Identity
In more settled agricultural groups, women tended the crops while men hunted
Native Americans had matrilineal cultures
Columbus was so sure he found the Indies he called the people Indians
Culture
Native Americans (Mayas/Aztecs) make Ritual sacrifices
Demographic Changes
Moved from Siberia to the far tip of South America (15,000 miles)
54 million in the Americas in 1492
Corn changed nomadic tribes into agricultural villagers
25000+ for the Cahokia tribe in E. St. Louis
Smallpox, yellow fever, and malaria decimate Native American pop.
Economic Transformations
Cultivation of maize
New World offered precious metals and its soil for the cultivation of sugar cane
Beans, tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes revolutionized the international economy
Environment
225 million years ago the super continent began to divide and create the Americas
Application Mts. Formed 350 million years ago
The Rockies, the Cascades, and the Sierra Nevada formed 135-25 million years ago
Ice Age ended in North America about 10,000 years ago
35000 Ice Age revealed land bridge between North America and Eurasia
Globalization
October 12, 1492 Columbus sighted an island in the Bahamas
Politics and Citizenship
Spanish brought their laws into the lands they settled
Reform
Religion
Spanish established Christianity/Catholicism as religion, tried converting Indians
Slavery and Its Legacies in North America
Separated tribes and send slaves as far from home as possible
Africa supplied the labor for the New World
War and Diplomacy
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Thanks for the notes!!
They look good to me.
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"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," say Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It
Do you have to do these types of notes?
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I didn't have to. Our were more like "here's a list of words, do with them what you like"
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"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," say Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It
We have that on top of our theme notebooks. Plus those chapter by chapter question packets.
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