Module 3 - The Americas: Pre and Post Colonization
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Activity 3: Readings
The following materials will be of help to you as you study these topics.
- Read the following chapters in America Past and
Present. These readings offer information on early
European explorers, the discovery of the New World, the indigenous
populations and early settlements in America.
- Chapter 1: “New World Encounters” (pages 1-21)
- Chapter 2: “Conflicting Visions: England’s Seventeenth-Century Colonies” (pages 22-40)
- Pay close attention to the maps on page 5, 30, 33 and 38
- Log on to Thinkwell, and read:
- Thinkwell Program: Section 1.1.1 – North American and South American Native Cultures
- Thinkwell Program: Section 1.1.2 – European Exploration, Conflict and Colonization
- Thinkwell Program: Section 1.1.3 – The English Colonial Period
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