Assignment 1: Go to www.mgccc.edu (Links to an external site.) and select library. KANOPY is one of the video options. (Library passcodes 20190822_124802-2.pdfPreview the document) You can search for the series called Ancient Civilizations of North America. It is one of the The Great Courses options.
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(1) Watch Episode 1 (30 minutes) and just read the introductory synopsis of Episode 2: Answer the following:
a) Why are words so important in describing the first settlers to come to the American continents? One sentence. 25 pts
ANSWER:
b) The first settlers of the Americas came from the continent of ______________________? 20pts
(2) Watch Episode 13 ( 30 minutes) about the interaction between the people of the southeastern part of the US and DeSoto’s expedition in the 1500s.
What was the main conclusion made by Dr. Barnhart about this early contact between Native Americans and Europeans? In one sentence. 25 pts
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3) Using all the materials presented to you about the peopling of the Americas, why was it commonly believed by the Europeans of this time that Africans and Native Americans (and Asians, too) were less ‘civilized’ or more primitive than they were? Accurate historical facts only. 30 pts
Just think about it….Reach for an understanding of the European world in the 1500s and 1600s and how they justified their actions……Empathy for the past and another culture.
Please limit your answer to 3 sentences . I’m grading you based on your use of historical information to understand the past.
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NOTE: We do not have to agree with what other people did in the past, but we have to try to understand them in their time and place.
Assignment 2;”:
Instructions are found at the link. This is not a timed quiz, but you will need to look at two of the maps to answer the questions. Note the quiz is centered on the peopling of North America, and the maps contain tables and graphs that will you answer the questions. It will be very difficult to do this assignment on your phones, because you have to see all of the information on the maps.
Spelling counts!!
US 1 – Map Quiz – European Claims and African Slavery-1.docxPreview the document
Maps:
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http://wps.pearsoncustom.com/wps/media/objects/2428/2487068/atlas/atl_ah1_m009.html (Links to an external site.)
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