Period 1: 1491-1607 - Early America and the Coming of Europeans
School Closure Review Session
Content Block Activity Files
Click on the links below to download and complete activities:
- John Smith & the Powhatan Film Clips & Documents:
- Clip #1 from The New World
- Clip #2 from The New World
- Excerpt from 1493
- Artwork by Early Settlers
- Diaries of Early Settlers
- Cortes meets Moctezuma Activity
Skills Activity Files
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Document Recitation Block Files

Las Casas Source |
Old PowerPoints for reference

Early Exploration and Contact |

richardson_-_inca_and_maya_in_pre-columbian_america.pdf |
Other Helpful Downloads
Targeted Standards
NAT-4.0 Analyze relationships among different regional, social, ethnic, and racial groups, and explain how these groups’ experiences have related to U.S. national identity.
CUL-4.0 Explain how different group identities, including racial, ethnic, class, and regional identities, have emerged and changed over time.
MIG-1.0 Explain the causes of migration to colonial North America and, later, the United States, and analyze immigration’s effects on U.S. society.
GEO-1.0 Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of various communities, and analyze how competition for and debates over natural resources have affected both interactions among different groups and the development of government policies.
CUL-4.0 Explain how different group identities, including racial, ethnic, class, and regional identities, have emerged and changed over time.
MIG-1.0 Explain the causes of migration to colonial North America and, later, the United States, and analyze immigration’s effects on U.S. society.
GEO-1.0 Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of various communities, and analyze how competition for and debates over natural resources have affected both interactions among different groups and the development of government policies.