reading week12
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American HistoryREADING BRITISH & AMERICAN CULTURE
WEEK 12
PROFESSOR HAYASHI
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TODAY’S CLASS
• attendance• news article presentations• American geography review• theory: history frame• American history!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Theory Review
• What is a KWL Chart?
Know – Want to Know - Learn
K W L
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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?
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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
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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