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The Americas
7th
7th Grade Calendar & Assignmets
1st Semester Study Guide
GEOGRAPHY
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5 themes of Geography
8th
8th Grade Calendar & Assignmets
Vocabulary
Geography
Era 1 - Three Worlds Meet
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First Americans
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Inca
North American Tribes
Early American Culture
Exploration in the Americas
Science & Technology
Primary & Secondary Sources
Era 2 - Colonization and Settlement
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The 13 Colonies
British Colonial America
Early Economy
Era 3 - Revolution and the New Nation
Era 4 - Expansion and Reform
Era 5 - Civil War and Reconstruction
Economic Concepts
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Global Economics
Individual Economics
National Government
Citizenship
Tennessee
Historical Thinking Skills
8th Grade Teacher Resources
Religion
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Christianity
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Shinto
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Natural Resouces
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GOVERNMENT
Resources
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Early Humans
P
rehistory
before 4000 BC
Stone Age
Migration from Africa to Southeast Asia
Hunters/Gatherers/Fishermen
Nomadic
Tribes
Stone Tools
Discovery of Fire – migration to colder climates
Agricultural
Revolution –Seeds produce plants – stay in one place
Domestication
of Animals – pastoral people moved with their herds
*****Food surpluses allow for the develoment of the artisan class.
Artifacts
– items left behind by humans
Explore & Learn
Early Human Tools
http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/tools.html
Early Stone Age Tools
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/
behavior/tools/early-tools
Cave Man Challenge Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric
_life/games/cavemen/
Tla'amin Stone Tools
http://www.sliammonfirstnation.com
/archaeology/stonetool.html
America's Stone Age Explorers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
stoneage/tool-nf.html
Build a Civilization Interactive Activite
http://www.harcourtschool.com
/ss1/adventure_activities/interactives/gr6_unit1.html
BBC Prehistoric Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_
life/games/
Kids Past - Early Humans
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0001-prehistoric-humans.php
During the Ice Age
http://library.thinkquest.org/3876/
iceage.html
Ask Mr. Dig
http://www.digonsite.com/drdig/
earlyman/
Cave Painting for Kids
http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/
caveart.html
Lascaux Virtual Cave Tour
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#
/en/00.xml
Land of the Mammoth
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence
/landofmammoth/eyecandy/intro.html
Interactive Early Humans Crossword
http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~
cwalton/cwearlyman.htm
Archeology Games
http://archaeology.mrdonn.org/
games.html