Three Worlds Meet – Everyday Americans, Exceptional Americans https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun A Teaching American History Project with the Loudoun County Public Schools Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:20:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Continental Differences https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/continental-differences/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/continental-differences/#respond Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:11:49 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=783 On the first class students usually hear a list or rules and policies. In this lesson, from day one, students will begin to understand the concept of a primary source. Students will (1) gain insight into identifying a primary source; …

]]> On the first class students usually hear a list or rules and policies. In this lesson, from day one, students will begin to understand the concept of a primary source. Students will (1) gain insight into identifying a primary source; (2) analyze primary sources and predict which continent the source portrays; (3) gain preview knowledge of topics that will be discussed within the first semester; (4) gain experience in procedures that will be used during the year by actually participating in them; and (5) most importantly be able to know and recognize the 7 continents.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/continental-differences/feed/ 0 American Indians and their Environment https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/american-indians-and-their-environment/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:30:06 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=368 In this lesson, students will analyze primary source images of Native Americans interacting with the environment. The images show different aspects of how Native Americans dressed, hunted, and lived. …

]]> In this lesson, students will analyze primary source images of Native Americans interacting with the environment. The images show different aspects of how Native Americans dressed, hunted, and lived.

]]> European Explorers https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/eurpean-explorers/ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:51:09 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=322 The topic of the lesson is Early European Exploration of North America by the Spanish, French, and English. The student will investigate the four European explorers that are required knowledge in accordance to the state standards of VA. The four …

]]> The topic of the lesson is Early European Exploration of North America by the Spanish, French, and English. The student will investigate the four European explorers that are required knowledge in accordance to the state standards of VA. The four explorers, Francisco Coronado, Robert LaSalle, Samuel de Champlain, and John Cabot, represent the three major European nations that decidedly settled in what is now the United States. The lesson will link the American Native unit with the Colonial America unit by describing how the Natives and Europeans interacted with one another in terms of conflict and compromise.

The learner will discover how both the Natives and Europeans use the environment to survive in North America by comparing and contrasting several primary sources that depict cultural differences and various climates explored. The learner will dissect the primary sources learning how to detect differences and similarities between the four cultures investigated and come to various conclusion of why history developed as we currently understand it.

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