THURSDAY 8/19/21

 PLAN OF THE DAY:

HAVE OUT: Computer, Google Classroom 

WHY?  

WHY?   ID and ANALYZE how geography influenced the U.S.  and  the SPRITE-G of NATIVE AMERICANS/AMERICAN INDIANS 

2016 electoral map

"Second is that the entire region from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains drains through one river: the mighty Mississippi. You can’t allow a foreign power to control New Orleans, the mouth of the Mississippi. That power would have an economic stranglehold on the produce of more than half of the American landmass. How are we going to get our corn to market if we can’t float it down the Mississippi? After the Union Army claims Vicksburg, they control the Mississippi and Lincoln says in a beautiful phrase, “The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.”

How Geography Shaped American History, Law and Politics

1. PADLET: ID and ANALYZE How did the physical features/geography of the USA affect its history or political system?  Please use one specific detail in your answer

2. BEFORE 1492: Geography

 Preview Task Review

HOW GEOGRAPHY GAVE THE U.S. POWER:  5 Specific details please

3.  BEFORE 1492: Native Americans

Preview Task

WE ARE STILL HERE: A Documentary on Today's Young Native Americans

Preview and 5 Details

4.  FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA MAP:  Google Drawing Task Time

HOMEWORK: 

THURSDAY 8/19 NONE

MONDAY 8/23 FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA MAP INTERACTIVE