Overview: Converging Cultures
Essential Question: In a land of immigrants, what IS an American?
Guiding Thought: What impact did the arrival of immigrants have on the converging cultures?
Guiding Thought: What impact did the arrival of immigrants have on the converging cultures?
The interactions among Native Americans,Europeans, and Africans reshaped the history of the Americas. Although several European countries established American colonies, it was the English who grew to dominate the American Atlantic coastline. As England’s position in America grew more secure, however, the British colonists challenged the authority of the distant English government. Discontent grew to rebellion, and the United States of America emerged from the Revolutionary War with a new form of government.
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The convergence of the world’s cultures in the 1400s and 1500s launched an era of change that still affects our lives today.
• Many of our foods, customs, and traditions were originally introduced in the Americas as a result of this cultural contact. • Contact among the cultures of the three continents profoundly changed the society of each. • The society of the United States today includes elements of Native American, European, and African cultures. |
The American Experience
Trip Around the World |
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Magic PortraitsWe'll go through the Magic Portraits together. Afterwards, pick ONE explorer doodle note to fill in and color.
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Extension Activities
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