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      • Unit 2: Revolution in the Colonies >
        • Unit 2 Test
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        • Unit 4: Study Guide
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      • Unit 8: Americans at the Turn of the Century
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Geography, Migration & Historical Thinking

In this unit we'll be introducing ourselves to the physical geography of North America and patterns and causes of migration. In addition, we'll begin to think like historians as we review early Native American civilizations and European Exploration of the 15th & 16th century.
Unit Calendar
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Periods 1 - 5

​Study Guide
Textbook
Projects
Culture Bag Instructions
Important Due Dates (Quick-look)
Student Survey - Tue/Wed, 9/3 & 9/4
Thinking Like a Historian Notes - Tue/Wed, 9/3 & 9/4
Historical Thinking Quiz - Tue/Wed, 9/3 & 9/4
Lunchroom Fight Activity - Thu/Fri, 9/5 & 9/6 
Culture Bags Due -
Tue/Wed, 9/10 & 9/11
Native American Cultural Regions - Tue/Wed, 9/10 & 9/11
All remaining notes - Thur/Fri, 9/12 & 9/13
Unit Test - Thur/Fri, 9/12 & 9/13
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Guiding Questions:
​1. Why do historians investigate the past?
2. How do historians investigate the past?

3. What are the major geographic features of the U.S., and what is their historical importance?
4. What is the connection between geography and culture?

Lessons & Handouts

I Geography of the U.S. 

​​II Thinking Like a Historian
  • Thinking Like a Historian
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​III Lunchroom Fight Activity
  • Lunchroom Fight Investigation
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IV Physical Geography of N. America

 V Native American Cultural Regions
  • ​Early Native American Civilizations Notes
  • ​Native American Cultural Regions Organizer
  • ​​Native American Regions Placards

 VI European Exploration
  • European Explorers

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