Indigenous peoples adapted to their surrounding environments.

Native Americans

Indigenous peoples  adapted to their surrounding environments.  They learned much about the local ecology and harnessed the abundance that nature had to offer. 

Assignment

Pick one culture-say Anasazi, Mayan, Aztec, etc- and discuss how they sought to lived in harmony and harness all that nature had to offer.  Do you see any lessons for we the people of the 21st century?

Here is a link to view to help.  Start around 15 minutes into the story and you will pick up Anasazi, Cahokia, Mayas and even Aztec. it is a wonderful program.   

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See the zero for points?  I will read and score ... then points appear in the grade book.

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Primary and Secondary Resources

Read this first and then proceed:  http://www.nps.gov/pore/historyculture/people_europeanexplorers.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

The use of primary resources tells a story from the vantage point of the actual participant(s).  We know about Sir Francis Drakes arrival in California from the Golden Hinds Chaplain's account.  

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text5/drake.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

I have included a secondary account.  This is from someone who provides their perspective long after the original primary and it is one who had no actual role in the event.  They lived many years later and this link is provided by your very own:  Mr. Moniz!  Make sure you address the character in the meaning of primary and secondary resources and use my account, too.

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Assignment

 What did you learn about England's arrival in the New World?Discuss your impressions of the two and which you find more reliable.  Why?  This is an exercise in comparison.  Please read and think this through and then respond. 

The first assignment 200 to 300 words