Timeline example
The Birth of
Jesus-on Year
1 CE, or A.D.
…3 BCE
2 BCE 1 BCE
1 CE
2 CE
3 CE…..
Foldable Notetaking!
• We will be creating a foldable time with
which to take notes.
• Hot dog fold
• 2nd hot Dog Fold
• Mark of six equal sections by folding in
half once, then into thirds.
• Draw a timeline arrow across the length of
the foldable, and label it according to the
diagram on the next slide.
Example
Olmec
Maya
Aztec
Mound
Builders
Inca
Hohokam
&
Anasazi
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After copying the writing, use your scissors to cut each line, being careful
to NOT CUT THROUGH THE BACK PIECE, this way the timeline will stay
together.
Use pull out tab for notes
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And Pull up for Map and
Pictures
Unit Topic
Unit Title
Unit Question
Significant concept
Area of interaction
Approaches to
learning
Assessment and
Criteria
Unit TOPIC
The Americas from
first migration to
the eve of conquest
Unit TITLE
We Have
Pyramids too!
Unit QUESTION
Why do civilizations
evolve differently?
SIGNIFICANT
concept
There is a connection
between our culture
and our natural
environment.
AREA OF
INTERACTION
Environments
APPROACHES TO
LEARNING
Information
Literacy and
thinking
ASSESSMENT AND
CRITERIA
Knowledge: Thesis
Defense Paper #1
A Culture of Corn
• Atira is the name of the Mother Earth
goddess in the Native American Pawnee
tribal culture.
• She was the wife of Tirana, the creator god.
Her earthly manifestation is corn, which
symbolizes the life that Mother Earth gives
• Song Lyrics: “Follow Mother Corn, who
brings forth Life. Ah-tira, ah-tira, ah-tira, ahtira
Seminar Questions-Jot ideas down
on a separate piece of paper
• What do you think the purpose of this song
was?
• Why is Corn worshipped as a Goddess?
• How does this song relate to the
significant concept of this Unit?
• Can you think of any other examples of
how Religions are influenced by the
natural environment that they were
developed in?
Olmec
The powerful Olmec Culture developed in
the lowland rainforests of what is now
eastern Mexico from 1200-800 BCE. The
Olmecs were skillful farmers, traders and
architects. They used a form of picture
writing to record time. They created
beautiful pottery, and jewelry. But their
most famous creations are huge, flat stone
heads that weigh 20 tons each.
Maya
• The Mayan culture arose in present day Guatemala and
reached its height from 300 CE to 900 CE. At its peak,
there were forty Mayan cities, with populations rages from
5,000 to 50,000 people.
• The Maya built stone pyramids, temples, plazas, and courts
for playing ball. They used picture writing and created a
365 day calendar. The Maya were skilled at math and
astronomy, and they created exact tables of the positions of
the moon and Venus. Mayan farmers used advanced
planting and watering methods to grow crops.
• The Mayans made paper and books, worked gold and
copper, and carved beautiful sculpture in stone. They
prayed to nature gods in ceremonies that sometimes used
human sacrifice.
Aztec
• Around 1200 CE, the Aztec group moved into what
is currently central Mexico. There they helped to
bring down the Toltec, the largest, most important
tribe of that region. The Aztecs later founded
Tenochtitlan, their capital, on the site of today’s
Mexico City.
• The Aztecs prayed to nature gods. They developed
improved farming methods, and their knowledge of
building, math, and astronomy was great.
• Tenochtitlan, like all great capital cities, had
beautiful palaces, gardens, a library, and a huge,
busy market.
Inca
• The Inca controlled an empire of 12 million people that
stretched more than 2000 miles along South America’s
coast. The Inca built 2 north south-roads, each 2,250
miles long, to help unite their empire.
• Like the Aztecs, the Inca prayed to nature Gods.
Sometimes they practiced animal and human sacrifice.
Most Incas were farmers. They lived in houses of stone
or adobe (sun dried bricks) and raised llamas, dogs,
alpacas and guinea pigs.
• They used advanced farming methods to grow corn,
squash, potatoes and other crops. Their mountain cities
such as Cuzco and Machu Picchu had stone buildings,
temples and strong fortresses.
Mound builders
• East of the Mississippi River, ancient peoples called mound builders
emerged between about 400 BCE and 1700 CE. The Adena,
Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures developed one after another.
They are called “Mound Builders” because they built many large
earth mounds.
• The famous Serpent Mound in Ohio is nearly a quarter of a mile long
and averages three feet high.
• The Adena was mostly in what is now southern Ohio. The Adena
were mound builders who lived by hunting, fishing, and raising corn.
• The Hopewell came shortly after the Adena, and where also
hunters, gatherers and farmers. They creates beautiful pottery and
metalwork and traded with different people throughout North
America.
• The Mississippian People, the last of the Mound builders, were
farmers. There city of Cahokia, near modern day St. Louis,
Missouri, had hundreds of mounds, including the largest mound in
North America.
Hohokam and Anasazi
• In North America’s southwestern Desert areas, ancient
Native American peoples such as the Hohokam and
Anasazi grew corn, squash, and beans.
• The Hohokam, from around 300 BCE to 1400 CE, are
most famous for their 150 mile network of canals, which
watered their field sand helped them to grow corn and
cotton.
• From about 100 CE, the Anasazi developed an important
civilization. They lived in the area where the boundaries of
Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah now meet. Anasazi
houses changed over the years from simple tent like
structures to large stone houses to cliff dwellings that
sometimes rose four stories high and had as many as 1000
rooms. They were farmers who grew pumpkins, beans,
and corn.
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