Module 5,The First Americans,1. Who were the first people to live in America? 2. What do you know about Christopher Columbus? 3. Do you think Columbus discovered America? Why or why not? 4. Do you think Columbus is a very important person in American history? Why or why not?,Brainstorm,Introduction Columbus,Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India (in order to trade for spices). He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504.,Who Were The First Americans?,Discussion,Where did Native Americans come from? 2.How were they treated by white settlers?,Fast-reading,Part One (para._) Part Two (para._ to _) Part Three (para._ to _) Part Four (para._ to _),1. Why were the first Americans referred to as “Indians”? 2. The arrival of Europeans led to war and disaster to the first Americans. 3. Native American ethnic groups or tribes. 4. Todays Native Americans.,One,Two Three,Four Thirteen,Fourteen Fifteen,brutal combine continually convert fearless fertile hostile invade prosper inhabitant military retreat,To join together Take a country by force To turn into Without fear Unfriendly Well suited to producing food,7. Again and again 8. To do well 9. A person living in a place 10. Move back to a place 11. Connected with the army 12. Very cruel,combine,invade,convert,fearless,hostile,fertile,continually,prosper,inhabitant,retreat,military,brutal,Words-Practising,brutal collaboration covert legendary livestock nomadic raid retreat starvation warrior,Sitting Bull was a _ Native American chief. thousands of people died of _ on the long journey. The Native Americans received very _ treatment from Europeans A _ is a strong and very brave fighter. The village was attacked and our horses and other _ were stolen. After losing the battle, the tribe were forced to _and move to the west. _ people move around and do not settle in one place. The Iroquois was a strong _ _of several different tribes in the east. A few brave men went out at night to _ one of the Spanish village and bring back food. If people refused to _ to Christianity, they were often killed.,legendary,starvation,brutal,warrior,livestock,Nomadic,retreat,collaboration,raid,covert,Native Americans were once called “Indians” because _ Columbus once reached India Columbus mistook America for India they look like Indians they come from India,Part One: Why were the first Americans referred to as Indians?,2. We can learn from Paragraph 3 all the followings except _ Native Americans were driven away from their land by the British the Spanish wanted Native Americans to believe in Christianity both the British and the Spanish treated Native Americans unfairly the Spanish were more friendly to Native Americans than the British,Part Two: The arrival of Europeans led to war and disaster to the first Americans,Fill in the Form,eastern part of North America,most powerful military collaboration,16th had a combined population of 7,000,south-east,at first then ordered to remove from During the removal, 14,000new Indian Territory 4000hunger and disease,Trail of Tears,south-west,The first tribe to use yet during their removalthose who survivedFort Sumner and 2000,The Long Walk,northern plains of North America,bravery and fighting skills during the 1800s,hunting grounds. fought against retreated to the west,South-west,nomadic tribe and fearless fighters attackedstole.,Made a peace with. But the arrival of Spanish,3. Which of the following is not the writers attitude? Some Native Americans were not civilized. The white settlers did great wrongs to Native Americans. The arrival of Europeans to America affected Native Americans lives. Native Americans are still not treated fairly.,Part three :Todays Native Americans.,Homework,Use you own words to describe each ethnic minority,Thank you !,