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Institute of Letters and Languages
Department of Foreign Langauges
Teacher: Dr. Khelifa Chelihi Rania
Contact: k.rania@centre-univ-mila.dz
Target audience: Second Year students of English
Teaching Unit: Discovery
Module: American Culture and Civilization
Credits: 04
Coefficient: 02
Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand the migration of early humans to North America.
- Explore the Major Prehistoric Cultures of North America.
- Analyze the Impact of Agriculture on Early American Societies.
- Examine the Decline and Legacy of Early American Cultures.
- Develop Critical Thinking and Historical Analysis Skills.
- Learn why European powers like England, France, and Spain sought to colonize North America.
- Examine how geography shaped the economies, cultures, and societies of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.
- Understand how the transition from indentured servitude to African slavery shaped colonial economies and societies.
- Understand the migration of early humans to North America.
Pr-requisites
To be able to properly follow the lesson of American Early Cultures, the students must have some prior knowledge, likewise:
- Students should be familiar with regions like the Southwest and Midwest, and how the environment shaped different cultures.
- Learners should be familiar with one or more groups of Native American peoples.
- Students must know that the earliest peoples were hunters, gat
herers, and nomads. - Students must know how humans started farming, which allowed them to settle in one place and build villages.
Topic 4
This test is designed to evaluate students’ prior knowledge of Early America before starting the lesson. It helps the teacher identify what students already understand about early human migration, Native cultures, and colonization, and where there may be gaps or misconceptions. The results guide teaching by highlighting which topics need more focus, ensuring that all learners build a solid foundation for the course.
Table of Content
Lecture 1: Early America
Lecture 2: Colonial Period
Lecture 3: Road to independence
Lecture 4: Revolution
Lecture 5: Formation of a National GovernmentSummary of Lecture One: Early America
Definition: Early America spans from the first human migration via the Bering Land Bridge to the rise of the 13 Colonies, highlighting Native cultures and European colonization.
Objectives: Students will understand how early humans migrated to North America, explore the major Native cultures such as Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, Hohokam, Anasazi, and Californian, and analyze the role of agriculture and cultural achievements in shaping their societies.
Use:
Shows how geography, culture, and colonization shaped early American society and laid the path to independence.Lecture One Assessment
In this activity, students will drag and drop the names of early American culture : Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, Hohokam, and Anasazi to match them with their correct characteristics.
The aim of these questions is to assess students’ ability to recall, explain, and analyze key concepts from the lesson on Early America. They encourage learners to demonstrate understanding of early human migration and Native cultures.
Final Evaluation
A multiple-choice exercise where students choose the correct answer about Early America: migration, Native cultures based on the historical context.
A fill-in-the-gaps quiz where students complete sentences about early human migration, Native cultures, and European colonization by providing the missing key terms or dates.
A short-answer quiz where students write an essay about the Hopewell culture based on the attached video, demonstrating their ability to summarize key ideas and use historical details.
Refrences
Breen, T. H. (2004). The marketplace of revolution: How consumer politics shaped American independence.
Oxford University Press.- Jones, T. L., & Klar, K. A. (Eds.). (2007). California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity. AltaMira Press.
- Lekson, S. H. (2006). The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: An Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center. School for Advanced Research Press.
- Morgan, E. S. (2003). American slavery, American freedom. WW Norton & Company.
- Richter, D. K. (2009). Facing east from Indian country: a native history of early America. Harvard University Press.
- Seeman, M. F. (1979). The Hopewell Interaction Sphere: The Evidence for Interregional Trade and Structural Complexity. Indiana Historical Society.
- Taylor, A. (2001). American Colonies: The Settling of North America the Penguin History of the United States.
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