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American HistoryREADING BRITISH & AMERICAN CULTURE
WEEK 11
PROFESSOR HAYASHI
TODAY’S CLASS
• attendance• news article presentations• American geography review• theory: history frame• American history!
American Geography Review
• How many conterminous states are there?
- 48 (excluding Alaska, Hawaii)
• How many states can you name?
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivpUBvOeD1s&feature=related
• Describe the coastal plains, Appalachians, Rockies
- Coastal Plains – East, long, gently rolling lowland
- Rockies – high, discontinuous chain of mountains containing metals
- Appalachians – West of Atlantic coastal plain, low, unbroken, contain iron, coal
American Geography Review
• What is the highest & lowest point in the U.S.?
- Mount McKinley (Alaska); Death Valley (California)
• What is the longest river?
- Missouri
• According to the textbook, America is the 4th largest country in terms of what 2 things?
- population & land mass
• Which cities were growing rapidly through the 1990’s?
- sunbelt cities : South/West – San Diego, San Jose, Jacksonville
American Geography Review
• Who were the earliest settlers in the US?
- British, Dutch, Irish, German• Describe the general climate.
- humid continental climate• Most of the nation’s power supply comes
from:
- coal• Water traffic was particularly important for
what purpose?
- economic development
American Geography Review• Main industrial area
- Midwest (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
• Banking & Insurance
- New York
• How much of the US is farmland?
- almost half (47%)
• The most important agricultural region:
- Midwest
• The South is known for cultivating:
- traditional crops (tobacco, corn, cotton)
• Texas is known for producing:
- cattle, sheep, cotton and rice
Theory Review
• What is a KWL Chart?
Know – Want to Know - Learn
K W L
TheoryHistory Frame
http://www.readingquest.org/pdf/hist_frame.pdf
Pre-Colonial America Pacific Northwest, Eastern Woodlands Native Americans
Complex cultures flourished in America before Europeans
Pacific Northwest, EasternBefore 1600’s
-10 million natives in N.America-America was not a vacant wasteland pre-Columbus-Pacific Northwest natives: rich, plentiful fish, sedentary-Eastern Woodlands Natives:agrarian hunters in stable villages, reliable commerce & communication
America was not a vacant wasteland awaiting the arrival of “civilized Europeans”
What was life like before colonization?
American HistoryYour Mission
1) Make a history frame
in pairs
3) Take notes as your classmates speak
2) Share the key points with the class
American History Sections
1. Colonial America
2. American Independence
3. 19th Century Expansion
4. The War of Secession
5. Industrialization & Immigration
6. WWI / The Roaring 20’s
7. The New Deal Era/ WWII
8. Post-War America: The Cold War
9. Civil Rights / Crisis: Vietnam & Watergate
10. Right-Wing Reconstruction /
The End of the Cold War