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Graphic Organizer

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|[pic] 1. history |[pic] 2. historian |

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|the study of the people and events of the past |a person who studies the past |

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|Example: When you study history, you learn about the past. |Example: A historian looks for clues to learn about the past. |

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|[pic] 3. primary source |[pic] 4. secondary source |

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|firsthand information about an event, a place, or a time period |records of an event written by someone who was not there at the time |

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|Example: Letters, journals, and other documents written at the time of an |Example: The textbooks you use in school are secondary sources |

|event are primary sources. | |

|(SS060101) |(SS060101) |

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|. [pic] 5.chronological order |[pic] 6. timeline |

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|putting events in the sequence in which they occurred |a diagram that shows the order in which events happened |

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|Example: We put the events in U.S. history in chronological order. |Example: We made a timeline of important events in U.S. history. |

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|(SS060101) |(SS060101) |

|7. land bridge |[pic] 8. immigrant |

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| |a person who moves to one country from another |

|dry land that appeared between Asia and Alaska during the Ice Age | |

| |Example: Some European immigrants came to North America for religious |

|Example: Scientists believe that the early people of North America crossed|freedom. |

|a land bridge from Asia. | |

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| 9. colony |[pic] 10. Constitution |

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| |the document that is the basis for the United States government |

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|a group of people who settle in a distant land, but are ruled by their |Example: The Constitution set up a federal government divided into three |

|homeland |equal branches. |

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|Example: The English settled in the U.S. colony of Jamestown, Virginia. | |

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|[pic] 11. plantation |[pic]12. geography |

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|a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm |geography is the study of people, places, and the environment |

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|Example: Slaves worked in the fields of the tobacco plantations in some |Example: Geography includes the study of the Earth and how people make it |

|southern states. |their home. |

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TIMELINE CARDS

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|A new federal government divided into three equal branches was created with the |Scientists think the first people of the Americas crossed a land |

|adoption of the Constitution of the United States. |bridge from Asia. |

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|Britain’s rulers imposed new taxes on the American colonists and tried to control|Spain’s Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs in present-day Mexico, and Spanish|

|the colonies with their laws. |rule spread throughout North America. |

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|While looking for a new route to Asia, Christopher Columbus found the North |The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States; the expeditions|

|American continent. |of Lewis and Clark helped to build knowledge of the West. |

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|Early civilizations of the Americas included the Mound Builders and the Ancient |Thousands of enslaved Africans were brought to the colonies and forced to |

|Pueblo. |work on tobacco plantations. |

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|The American Revolution began with George Washington leading the American Rebels.|The Spanish settle in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest U.S. city. |

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|The American colonies proclaimed their freedom in the Declaration of Independence|The Pilgrims and the Puritans brought large numbers of English people to |

|written by Thomas Jefferson. |North America. |

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|English settlers established Jamestown, Virginia. |Great Britain defeated France in the French & Indian War, taking over the |

| |French colony, New France, east of the Mississippi River. |

TIMELINE ANSWER GUIDE

|TIMELINE |MAJOR EVENT |

|About 25,0000 years ago |Scientists think the first people of the Americas crossed a land bridge from Asia. |

|About 3,000-1,500 years ago |Early civilizations of the Americas included the Mound Builders and the Ancient Pueblo. |

|1492 |While looking for a new route to Asia, Christopher Columbus found the North American continent. |

|1521 |Spain’s Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs in present-day Mexico, and Spanish rule spread throughout North America. |

|1565 |The Spanish settle in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest U.S. city. |

|1607 |English settlers established Jamestown, Virginia. |

|1619 |Thousands of enslaved Africans were brought to the colonies and forced to work on tobacco plantations. |

|1620-1630 |The Pilgrims and the Puritans brought large numbers of English people to North America. |

| |Great Britain defeated France in the French & Indian War, taking over the French colony, New France, east of Mississippi |

|1763 |River. |

|1765 |Britain’s rulers imposed new taxes on the American colonists and tried to control the colonies with their laws. |

|1775 |The American Revolution began with George Washington leading the American Rebels. |

|1776 |The American colonies proclaimed their freedom in the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson. |

|1787 |A new federal government divided into three equal branches was created with the adoption of the Constitution of the |

| |United States. |

|1803 |The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States; the expeditions of Lewis & Clark helped to build knowledge |

| |of the West. |

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U.S. acquisitions and western expansion blended cultures.

Native Americans, European immigrants, and African slaves interacted.

Geographic patterns emerge

The questions of geography help us to understand the past.

The questions of history help us to learn about the past.

Primary and secondary sources

History is the study

of the past.

How are U.S. history and geography connected?

Geography is the study of people, places, and the environment.

Native Americans and people from other continents all came together to build a new nation.

Big Ideas of Lesson 1, Unit 1

1. History is the study of the past.

2. Historians study the past by trying to answer certain questions.

3. The questions of history are: What happened? When did it happen? Who

was involved? How and why did it happen?

4. Historians refer to primary and secondary sources to answer the questions of

history.

5. The questions of history can help us review early American history.

6. Geographers ask questions such as “Where are things located?” and “What was it like there?”

7. Geographers study patterns to understand the past.

timeline

1492

1620

1775

Describe the setting of the historical event.

• Include the date(s).

• Describe the place including its location.

Provide a brief, chronological summary of the event.

• What happened?

• Who was involved?

• How did it happen?

Explain the importance of the event in U.S. history.

• Why did it happen?

• Did it solve any problems or create new problems?

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