Lavin, M / This Week in Class

What's the BIG IDEA?

The Big Idea of the week is....The Regions and Cultures of the Americas!

Key Questions answered during the week:

1. What is a civilization? What makes a culture "civilized"?
2. Where were the first civilizations of the Americas ?
3. What similarities were there among the Mayan/Aztec/Inca civilizations?
4. What cultures were established later in North America?
5. In what regions were the North Amercian cultures?

Chapter 1 in the textbook/ Sections 1-2

Reading and notes

Key Vocabulary appears in blue in the textbook
Three BrainPop episodes watched on the three Ancient Civs of Mesoamerica
Map and notes on the North American cultures made in class

Review in class

Test on Chapter 1 is coming soon!

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