FRIDAY SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT US HISTORY
Step 1 - Using a piece of lined paper properly label your paper with your name, period of history class, date in the right hand corner and the title “Friday School Assignment” in the center.
Step 2 – Using your US History textbook, outline the section your class is currently working on or the section you may have missed in prior weeks. When looking in any section you will see blue headingsandred headingsthat you will use in your outline. Below is an example of how your outline should look when finished. You do not need to make it with red and blue ink.
Step 3 - Answer all blue Reading Check questions in the section. Write the question and answer.
Step 4 - Answer all Section Assessment questions at the end of the section. Write question and answer.
Step 5- Turn your work into the teacher
FRIDAY SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT US HISTORY
Unit 1: Connecting with the Past: Our Colonial Heritage
Chapter 1: Early Exploration and Settlement
- Section 1: The Earliest Americans
- Migrations to the Americas
Reading Check: How did changes in the climate lead to the arrival of the first peoples in the Americas?
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- Mesoamerican and South American Societies
- Mesoamerican and South America
- North American Societies
Reading Check: What early societies existed in Mesoamerica and North America?
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- Cultures in North America
- Far North
- Pacific Coast
- California
- West and Southwest
- Great Plains
- East
Reading Check: How did the environment influence Native American cultures in North America?
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(An example of how your section assessment questions should look can be found on the back)
Chapter 1Section 1 - Assessment Questions
1a. How did people migrate to the Americas?
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1b. How did warmer climate affect the environment in which Paleo-Indians lived?
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2a. What farming cultures existed in North America?
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2b. In what order did Mesoamerican civilizations arise?
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3a. What was the Iroquois League?
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3b. Why were Native Americans who practiced agriculture more likely that hunter-gathers to establish permanent homes?
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4. Using a chart show how the environments of the Far North, Southwest, and the East affected the cultures of Native Americans who lived in each area.
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5. As you read this section, take notes on each group of Native Americans discussed. Make sure to note how they lived and what was unique to their culture.
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