1. The Collision of Cultures
Brinkley, Chapter 1
The Collision of Cultures

2. Bell Ringer
Take out your notes from last night and your identification of yourself
Top Ten Identifications are due for Unit 1 and Unit 2 on the day of the Unit 1 & 2 Test

3. APPARTS

4. What Theories do Archaeologists have As To How the Americas became Populated?
Humans crossed a land bridge over the Bering Strait into what is now Alaska over 11,000 years ago
Some migrants may have come by sea from Asia; thus they had to use boats; studies have shown that other countries had been populated that way (Japan, Australia)
DNA evidence suggests that not all people had Asian characteristics: European or African

5. Why do historians so often differ?
Historical disagreements are the essence of understanding history
Reasons:
Facts have to be assigned meaning. That meaning can only be determined with “spotty” evidence which creates different interpretations
Historians disagree over what that meaning may be because of biased perspectives (political, cultural, types of methodology)
Historical interpretations change in response to the time in which history is written
Thus, historians answer historical questions differently
Historiography: how historians study and interpret the past
Handout:

6. How did the societies of native peoples in the south differ from those in the north in the precontact period (before the arrival of Europeans)?
Group Assignment:
Using the notes that you took last night, create a display that best answers this question. Your display should contain the following information:
The question
Cultural similarities and differences between pre-contact Natives in the Northern and Southern Americas
A map showing the location of 3-5 major pre-contact Natives in the North and 3-5 in the South
What APUSH theme does this comparison support? How?
What APUSH key concept does this comparison support? How?
An excerpt from a primary source that helps to answer the question and your APPARTS analysis of that source
Creativity

7. Resources
Americans Before Contact Power Points-Unit 1 Resources in Weebly
Unit Key Concepts & Themes: Unit 1 Weebly
Primary Source Links:
Edwards Home Page
APUSH Home Page