6-G2.2.1Western Hemisphere

Describe the human characteristics of the region under study(including languages, religion, economic system, governmental system, cultural traditions).

Ashleigh Zerbst

Primary Sources

17th century map of the New World

Maybe you have crossed this bridge ?Largest Suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere affecting the daily lives of both Upper and Lower citizens of Michigan.

A photograph of famous poet Edgar Allen Poe in the oldest-known photograph taken inside an American museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, itself the oldest natural science museum in the Western Hemisphere.

Map from 1626

Books

The United States: It’s History and Neighbors• A textbook about the

United States, Canada and South America, diving into the history, culture and geography.

Western Hemisphere: Geography, History, Culture• A textbook about the

entire Western Hemisphere and its geography, history and culture.

Exploring Jamaica: with the 5 Themes of Geography• A textbook that belongs

to a series about individual places in the Western Hemisphere.

• Based on the geography and how it affects the people.

Artwork

First known carving in the Western Hemisphere. The find, which is an engraved bone with what looks like a mammoth on it, is of major significance because there is simply nothing like it in the New World.

An artist rendition of Death Valley National Park in the Western Hemisphere, created by Janet Morgan.

An Illustration of the Cholera epidemic. Unknown in the western hemisphere before 1830, cholera became one of the most feared epidemic diseases of the nineteenth century.

Much artwork of the Western Hemisphere (New World) was influenced by the Eastern Hemisphere.

Websites that support the GLCE http://

hannahvilleschool.net/docs/cur/Gr6SSUnit2.pdf

http://www.ehow.com/info_8511432_list-countries-western-hemisphere.html

http://history-world.org/human_origins.htm http://

www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Western-Hemispheres-First-Inhabitants.topicArticleId-25073,articleId-25000.html

http://tucnak.fsv.cuni.cz/~calda/Documents/1920s/ImmigAct1924.html

http://www.workersforjesus.com/five.htm

Support GLCE

The official UKELELE ORCHESTRA OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quUBw6zRCj4Example of the culture in the western hemisphere

Western Hemisphere Orchestra- Jazz: Progressive Big Bandhttp://www.cdbaby.com/cd/westernhemisphere

Book excerpt from Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828) http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/naal7/contents/a/authors/columbus.asp

What visions of glory would have broken upon his mind could he have known that he had indeed discovered a new continent, equal to the whole of the Old World in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man! And how would his magnanimous spirit have been consoled, amid the afflictions of age and the cares of penury, the neglect of a fickle public and the injustice of an ungrateful king, could he have anticipated the splendid empires which were to spread over the beautiful world he had discovered; and the nations, and tongues, and languages which were to fill its lands with his renown, and revere and bless his name to the latest posterity.

Art Forms

SOURCES United States Book: http://www.amazon.com/The-United-States-Hemisphere-Supplement/dp/0153729112 Jamaica Book: http://www.paperbackswap.com/Exploring-Jamaica-Five-Jess-Crespi/book/1404226745/ Western Hemisphere Book: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Hemisphere-Prentice-Explorer-Hardcover/dp/B0084X3DT0 Mammoth Carving: http://www.ablogabouthistory.com/2009/06/12/the-oldest-artwork-in-the-western-hemisphere/ Death Valley National Park painting: http://janetmorgan.net/deathvalley2006.html 17th Century Map: http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/159327/enlarge Mackinaw Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mackinac_Bridge.jpg Edgar Allen Poe Photo: http://exp.lore.com/post/20859440261/edgar-allan-poe-right-appears-in-the Map of 1626: http://www.businessinsider.com/people-used-to-think-california-was-an-island-2012-8?op=1 First Page photo: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006683689/resource/ SUPPORT: http://hannahvilleschool.net/docs/cur/Gr6SSUnit2.pdf SUPPORT: http://www.ehow.com/info_8511432_list-countries-western-hemisphere.html SUPPORT: http://history-world.org/human_origins.htm SUPPORT: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Western-Hemispheres-First-Inhabitants.topicArticleId-25073,articleId-25000.html SUPPORT: http://tucnak.fsv.cuni.cz/~calda/Documents/1920s/ImmigAct1924.html SUPPORT: http://www.workersforjesus.com/five.htm Ukulele Orchestra : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quUBw6zRCj4 Jazz: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/westernhemisphere Book Excerpt: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/naal7/contents/a/authors/columbus.asp