Period I (1) - 1497-1607
Key Concept 1.1
As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of NA over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments
1.1.I. Different native societies adapted to and transformed their environments through innovations in ag, resource use, and social structure
Key Concept 1.2
Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean
1.2.I. European expansion into the Western Hemisphere generated intense social, religious, political, and economic competition and changes within European society
1.2.II. The Columbian Exchange and development of the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere resulted in extensive demographic, economics, and social changes
1.2.III. In their interactions, Europeans and Native Americans asserted divergent worldviews regarding issues such as religion, gender roles, family, land use, and power
As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of NA over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments
1.1.I. Different native societies adapted to and transformed their environments through innovations in ag, resource use, and social structure
Key Concept 1.2
Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean
1.2.I. European expansion into the Western Hemisphere generated intense social, religious, political, and economic competition and changes within European society
1.2.II. The Columbian Exchange and development of the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere resulted in extensive demographic, economics, and social changes
1.2.III. In their interactions, Europeans and Native Americans asserted divergent worldviews regarding issues such as religion, gender roles, family, land use, and power
Thematic Essential Questions
Identity: How did the identities of colonizing and indigenous American societies change as a result of contact in the Americas?
Work, Exchange and Technology: How did the Columbian Exchange - the mutual transfer of material goods, commodities, animals, and diseases - affect interaction between Europeans and natives and among indigenous peoples in North America?
Peopling: Where did different groups settle in the Americas (before contact) and how and why did they move to and within the Americas (after contact)?
Politics and Power: How did Spain's early entry into colonization in the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America shape European and American developments in this period?
America in the World: How did European attempts to dominate the Americas shape relations between Native Americans, Europeans and Africans?
Environment and Geography: How did pre-contact populations of North America relate to their environments? How did contact with Europeans and Africans change these relations in North America?
How did cultural contact challenge the religious and other values systems of peoples from the Americas, Africa and Europe?
Identity: How did the identities of colonizing and indigenous American societies change as a result of contact in the Americas?
Work, Exchange and Technology: How did the Columbian Exchange - the mutual transfer of material goods, commodities, animals, and diseases - affect interaction between Europeans and natives and among indigenous peoples in North America?
Peopling: Where did different groups settle in the Americas (before contact) and how and why did they move to and within the Americas (after contact)?
Politics and Power: How did Spain's early entry into colonization in the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America shape European and American developments in this period?
America in the World: How did European attempts to dominate the Americas shape relations between Native Americans, Europeans and Africans?
Environment and Geography: How did pre-contact populations of North America relate to their environments? How did contact with Europeans and Africans change these relations in North America?
How did cultural contact challenge the religious and other values systems of peoples from the Americas, Africa and Europe?