Period 1: 1491-1607

Chapter 1: Collision of Cultures

Key Concepts:

1. As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.
2. Contacts among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Learning Targets:

1. I will compare and contrast how native societies developed complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.
2. I will describe to what extent European expansion into the Western Hemisphere generated intense social, religious, political, and economic competition and changes within European societies.
3. I will examine how the Columbian Exchange and development of the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere resulted in extensive demographic, economic, and social changes.
4. I will compare and contrast how Europeans and Native Americans asserted divergent worldviews regarding issues such as religion, gender roles, family, land use, and power.

Resources and Assignments:

Chapter 1: Collision of Cultures

• Columbian Exchange (Causation)
  • "Explain the major consequences of the "Columbian Exchange" on Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans."
  • When writing a thesis, answer ALL parts of the question. Include all three groups in your thesis.
  • Make an argument. How "major" were the consequences/effects? Were they more positive or negative?
  • Provide broad, yet concrete, examples in your thesis that you could expand upon in your essay.
  • Be as obvious as you can.
• Columbus Short Answer (Interpretation)
• Native American Chart (Comparison)
  • Thesis: Be broad, yet concrete. (ex: "These two Native American cultures were similar in their religions" allows you to expand more on the topic than if you were to say "These two Native American cultures were similar because they prayed.")
• European Colonization (Comparison)
• Assessment of Europeans (Argumentation)