America Before the Modern Age

In your notes, Paraphrase the quote by Alexis de Tocqueville on page 4.

   "Just then ( at the time in history) North America was discovered, as if it had been kept in reserve by the Deity and had just risen from beneath the waters of the Deluge."

A paraphrase is a restatement, in your own words, of a passage of text. 
   For example; Deity = God, Deluge = flood

   There it was.  In the middle of this great flood of water was the Americas, hidden by God until this appointed time.     Mr. Cap

Dawn of the Modern Age

   The Providence of God

  1.  Leif Ericson, a Viking adventurer landed in North America around A.D. 1000
2.  God, in His wisdom allowed America to remain unknown until 1500s

   3.  Why?  So Protestant Christians could lay an important religious foundation for America.

        The First Americans

   1.  Over 6000 years ago, after the great flood, the Tower of Babel was built.

Tower of Babel- "scattering upon the face  of the earth"       NA had no knowledge   of the wheel or writing.

 Native Americans before Columbus
    Great Migration-  Native Americans probably crossed a land bridge @ the Bering Strait to get to America? (Bering Strait)

    2. Native American Daily Life
        1.  Depended upon where they lived.
        2.  Tepees-animal skins
   
3. Wigwams out of timber

4. Pueblo adobe-dried clay
 

3.  Grew corn           (maize),     beans, squash

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    4.  Indians depended upon the buffalo for meat, clothng, shelter, tools

Notice in the picture the hunters are not using horses

Look below.  Which hunting method would be easier
  

       

        5.  Worshipped gods they could not explain.  Medicine men danced to their gods.

       6.  Tribal wars were common.

Photo Credits:

Squash: permaculture-hawaii.com/ images/squash.jpg

Indians Hunting Buffalo: Denver Public Library, Western History Collection

Indians Hunting Buffalo 2 :   Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Lesson Objectives

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. define the meaning of Renaissance and Reformation.

2. explain how the Tower of Babel is true.

3. describe the significance of the Tocqueville quote.

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of  God hiding America until His appointed time.

7. Generate a paraphrase of the Toqueville quote

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.